San Jose’s first charter school, founded in 2000 to serve low-income students of color, will permanently close at the end of the current school year, resulting in 99 employee layoffs.
Downtown College Preparatory will shutter its administrative offices and three sites — Alum Rock Middle School, El Camino Middle School and El Primero High School — on June 30, according to notices filed last week with the California Employment Development Department.
The decision, announced earlier this year by the school’s board of directors, stems from ongoing enrollment declines and deepening financial instability…