Today, Governor Gavin Newsom was joined by CCSA CEO and President, Myrna Castrejón, CCSA Board Member and Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Malka Borrego, and CCSA SVP, Government Affairs, Carlos Marquez, for the signing of AB 1505 into law--an historic agreement that affirms that high-quality charter schools are here to stay and that the charter school model is a critical lever in closing the state’s achievement gap.

"With five schools, Equitas Academy serves more than 1,500 kindergarten through eighth-grade students in the LA area. And they’re growing." Read more about Equitas Academy's growth in the last decade in this feature by BoardOnTrack!

Please call your school to confirm returning family registration and new student orientation dates! Por favor llame a su escuela para confirmar las fechas para registración para familias nuevas y familias que regresan!

"Student attrition at Equitas Academy schools is far lower than at nearby schools. At Equitas’ flagship campus, Latino students from low-income communities perform as well on standardized tests as their non-low-income Latino peers attending nearby schools."

Click here to read about what kind of impact our Equitas alumni have had in the Pico-Union community, and the work that goes into continued support for our scholars after culminating from Equitas.