Summit Public Schools (Charter school operator)

Summit Public Schools is a charter management organization (CMO) with eight schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and three schools in Washington state. Summit operates eleven schools in total, enrolling approximately 2,000 students. The headquarters is located in Redwood City, California.

Summit is the recipient of grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[1]

Summit Rainier was closed for good in 2020.

Summit Denali is set to close after the 2022-2023 school year. This was due to insufficient funds, however parents and students were told of this after school application deadlines, thus leaving them sufficiently unprepared for their child's future. Students, teachers, and parents were all outraged with the events with the teachers protesting outside middle school and high school in the morning. Meanwhile, in the last couple years, the salary of CEO Diane Tavanner has increased by 200% up to a massive $450,000 a year, while still open schools such as Tahoma accumulate deficit. The board meeting, which would announce the close of Summit Denali, was in addition scheduled during a time, when most students were at school, learning.[2]