‘Our kids deserve better’: Teachers, parents plead with Sunnyvale school to keep doors open

Summit Denali Middle School science teacher Allison Lee, right, high fives a student during a rally on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Sunnyvale, Calif. About a dozen people took part in the rally to support teachers rights. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

In the wake of Summit Denali’s startling announcement last month that the Sunnyvale charter school could close its doors permanently in June, teachers and students rallied outside the campus Tuesday, pleading with administrators to keep it open to avoid displacing students.

Summit Denali has cited financial issues — particularly, a $4.5 million funding gap — as the reason why the school is

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