Berkley Maynard Academy, a charter school in North Oakland serving predominantly Black students, is shutting down.
Students’ final class on Tuesday marks a dramatic downfall for a school that teachers, until recently, considered a “crown jewel” of Aspire charter schools.
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Since opening more than two decades ago, generations of children have attended the school, which serves students from transitional kindergarten through eighth grade, with parents commuting from cities like Antioch and Vallejo to drop off their kids on the way to work.
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