At a special meeting on February 4, 2026, the Sequoia Union High School District Board voted to shut down TIDE Academy effective June 30, 2026, despite months of testimony from students, families, and staff about how much this small public STEM high school matters to them. For many neurodivergent students, kids with anxiety, English learners, and others who cannot thrive in large, crowded high schools, TIDE has been one of the only places where they feel safe, supported, and able to learn — and this decision removes one more public option for those students.

Way to help

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but you still can send a short email to decision-makers

I am a local community member and I am deeply disappointed by the Sequoia Union High School District Board’s decision to close TIDE Academy as of June 30, 2026. TIDE is one of the few small, inclusive public high schools where neurodivergent students, kids with anxiety, English learners, students from financially disadvantaged families, and others who struggle in large schools can feel safe, supported, and able to learn. Closing TIDE will cause real harm to many families and leaves our community with even fewer public options for students who cannot thrive on big campuses. I urge you to reconsider this decision, be fully transparent about the data and finances you relied on, and work with students and families to create solutions that keep small, supportive public schools like TIDE open.

Please send your message to the Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees:

• Amy Koo, Board President  – akoo@seq.org

• Rich Ginn, Board Vice President / Clerk – rginn@seq.org 

• Sathvik Nori, Board Member – snori@seq.org

• Mary Beth Thompson, Board Member – mbthompson@seq.org 

• Dr. Maria E. Cruz, Board Member – mecruz@seq.org
  
  

You can also copy your email to our state representatives, so they know that small, inclusive public schools like TIDE matter to local families:

• Senator Josh Becker, California State Senate District 13 – senator.becker@senate.ca.gov

• Joan Dentler, District Director for Senator Josh Becker – joan.dentler@sen.ca.gov

• Diane Papan, California State Assemblymember, District 21 – assemblymember.papan@assembly.ca.gov

• Marc Berman, California State Assemblymember, District 23 – assemblymember.berman@assembly.ca.gov
  
  

Thank you for helping us protect TIDE Academy and the students who depend on it.
For the full background and timeline, please visit What’s Going On