Honors Academy Charter School District was a group of state charter schools with its administrative offices in

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, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

In June 2014 the

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(TEA) revoked Honors Academy's charter, with funding to end in August that year. The TEA closed the school as part of Senate Bill 2, which targets charter schools that perform poorly in three year periods. Honors Academy exhausted its appeals with the TEA. The group continued operating as a

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, but it still referred to itself as a charter school on its website. In November 2014 the TEA ordered Honors Academy to stop presenting itself as a public charter school, as this is against the Texas Education Code. The school also failed to give its student records to the TEA. Michael Williams, the TEA commissioner, appointed a board to oversee the closure of Honors Academy. The Honors Academy charter schools ceased operations effective 12/01/2014. All facilities have been closed. Student records have been recovered by the state of Texas. Final disposition of assets was managed by the state of Texas.

Schools

6-12 * Legacy Academy (

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) 9-12 * Landmark School (

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) K-9 * Creek View Academy (previously Destiny School) ( Killeen) * Quest School (

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) K-8 * Pinnacle Academy of Fine Arts (previously Pinnacle School) (

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) * Wilmer Academy ( Wilmer) 6-8 * Branch Park Academy (

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." Honors Academy. Retrieved on September 6, 2011. "Branch Park Academy 13605 Webb Chapel Road Farmers Branch, Texas 75234 US"

References

External links

Honors Academy
(Archive) *
RE: Revocation and Closure of Honors Academy as Public Accredited School
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. November 10, 2014. *
NOTICE OF ''Honors Academy Board of Managers'' MEETING December 8, 2014
- Notice of final closure, hosted by the Dallas County County Clerk {{coord missing, Texas Charter schools in Texas Schools in Dallas Schools in Dallas County, Texas 2014 disestablishments in Texas Educational institutions disestablished in 2014