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ELITE Public School staff and students staged a sit-in at Vallejo City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to protest the City Council’s decision to vote against their Major Use Permit to expand into downtown. "We are deeply troubled by the turnover of the 6-1 vote, which we believe to be red-lining in 2024," said Dr. Ramona Bishop, CEO of ELITE Public Schools. | By Magaly Muñoz ELITE Public School staff and students staged a sit-in at Vallejo City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to protest the City Council’s decision to vote against their Major Use Permit to expand into downtown. "We ...

City Hall in Vallejo was shut down Wednesday afternoon, as students of a local charter school protested a recent decision to deny the school's permit for a new campus.

The motion, proposed by Peter Bregenzer, received majority votes by him, Vice Mayor Loera-Diaz, and Councilmembers Diosdado Matulac and Rozzana Verder-Aliga. The vote was made just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Prospective students in the audience shouted in disbelief.

The charter high school would be located at 241-255 Georgia Street, a vacant two-story building that would allow enrollment of up to 400 students.

Vallejo students deserve a complete school facility, and Vallejo residents deserve a revitalized downtown. We shouldn’t have to choose.