Less than a month into the school year, Detroit’s Delta Preparatory Academy for Social Justice suddenly sent students packing today as education officials announced their permanent closure to the shock of parents and students.
The board of education for Delta Prep, a public charter school, voted 4-1 to shut down the school effective Oct. 1. Students were left in tears, says Kelye King, whose daughter, Ajah Jenkins, was a senior at Delta Prep and a member of the National Honor Society.…