Goodyear Charter School Suddenly Closes

GOODYEAR, AZ – Students at the Discovery Creemos Academy need to find a new place to learn. The Goodyear charter school announced it is closing effectively immediately.

There had been signs of trouble – the school had even shut down for a couple of days – but school officials had been hopeful they'd be able to right the ship.

"It is with a heavy heart that we announce classes at our school are suspended indefinitely, effective immediately," the school posted on its website. "Most of you are aware that school operations and finances have been troubled over the last few years. We have fought so hard for solutions but we seem to run into an endless barrage of adversities.

"It seems we fix one thing and another thing breaks. "The school has exhausted all of its operational and financial resources in order to survive over the last couple of years and, tragically, we simply cannot keep up."

The school also said that recently "several key staff embers were subject to hateful online threats and one school leader's family was targeted at their home.

"These kinds of harassments and threats create a great deal of instability, fear, and uncertainty for the future. "

Goodyear police have not received any reports of threats.

The school opened in July, 2003 and has approximately 450 students in grades K-8.

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