University Preparatory Charter Academy

University Preparatory Charter Academy

University Preparatory Charter Academy, also known as "U-prep" or "UPREP", is a charter high school in the Oakland Unified School District, California. It was founded in 2001 by Isaac Haqq in the Eastmont Town Center. The school doubled in size from some 130 to 260 students in 2004. Haqq claimed "We have made it cool to be smart at this school". [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/23/BAGPH8CQRC1.DTL A charter on success in Oakland] "San Francisco Chronicle", August 23, 2004]

A large portion of the student body were minorities including 78% African American, 15% Hispanic and the remainder scattered from there. [ [http://school-ratings.com/school_details/01612590130591.html California School Rankings] ] UPREP was very successful in getting it's students into top colleges and universities across the U.S. including University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.

In 2007 the School District nullified the school's 2006 exam results [ [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6481432 Oakland to revoke operating license of troubled charter school] "Mercury News", 2007-07-27 ] threatened to revoke the school's charter after scandals involving alleged cheating by an adult student and alleged grade changes by teachers. The founder, Isaac Haqq, resigned from his directorship on July 12. At a board meeting to discuss the future of the school, parents praised the school's achievements and opposed its closure. [ [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/25/BAG2MR6CBR1.DTL Parents of scandal-plagued school want to keep it open] "San Francisco Chronicle", July 25, 2007]

On August 2, 2007, the San Francisco "Chronicle" reported that the school had been closed and the district was scrambling to find placement for its students. [" [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/02/BA8KRBF782.DTL Uprep students find help] ", San Francisco "Chronicle", August 2, 2007.]

ee also

*List of high schools in California

References

*cite news |first=Nanette |last=Asimov |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Breaking the rules is nothing new to Uprep principal. Arrests, fights and bare-knuckles politics among hallmarks of Isaac Haqq's history |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2007/07/08/MNG2IQSUU91.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher= |date=Sunday, July 8, 2007 |accessdate=2008-06-14
*cite news |first=Nanette |last=Asimov |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Oakland principal in cheating stink quits |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2007/07/13/MNGIBR00831.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher= |date= Friday, July 13, 2007 |accessdate=2008-06-14
*cite news |first=Nanette |last=Asimov |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Oakland. Uprep may have forged attendance reports |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2007/07/28/BAGAOR8JS91.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher= |date= Saturday, July 28, 2007 |accessdate=2008-06-14


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