One of the oldest charter schools in Orange County, Florida, has closed, and more than 200 students will have to find a new school.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the board of directors for Legends Academy — initially known as the Nap Ford Community School — cited “unsustainable financial challenges” as the reason it was closing in the middle of its 25th school year.
Legends, situated on church-owned property in west Orlando, had 223 students enrolled as of Dec. 3. It was a K-8 school.
A statement from the school did not provide any details on its financial troubles.
The school opened in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood in 2001, named for the late Nap Ford, a former Orlando city council member.
The Nap Ford school moved out of Parramore in 2016 when the property it used was slated to become part of the University of Central Florida’s downtown campus. It was later renamed Legends Academy.
