### The Samoa Beach Academy — a career and technical education (CTE) focused charter high school its founders hoped to open this fall — withdrew their petition from the Northern Humboldt Union High School District this week, following a recommendation to deny the charter from district staff. A Thursday afternoon special meeting where board members planned to officially approve or deny the charter was obviously canceled, but the NoHum community can expect to hear more from Samoa Beach Academy members. In an official withdrawal letter sent to the district on Tuesday, lead petitioner Catherine Scott wrote that her team plans to submit a revised petition to the district “in the coming weeks,