An Oak Cliff private school announced Monday that it is closing at the end of this school year.
Tyler Street Christian Academy cited declining enrollment, necessary building repairs and loss of revenue from canceled fundraising events as motivations to close after 49 years.
On Friday, March 26, our faculty and families were informed that TSCA will close at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. Enrollment decline, the need for major capital repairs, the cancellation of all our fundraising events, and the pandemic have combined to make continuing into our 50th year a financial impossibility. We are sad beyond our ability to express. We covet your prayers for our scholars, their families, and our faculty and staff, as they each must make the transition to a new school or place of employment. Thank you for the many ways you have partnered with us in serving our community over the last 49 years.
Tyler Street Church, then known as Tyler Street United Methodist Church, founded the school in 1972.
The pre-K-through-12 school had several high-achieving sports teams over the years. In 1994, for example, the school’s boys basketball team won the state championship with then-sophomore Kenyon Martin, who went on to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft and have a 15-year career in the league.
