RANCHO SAN DIEGO
Literacy First Charter Schools will be able to move forward on its plan to build Liberty Charter High School in rural Rancho San Diego just outside of El Cajon.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Wednesday to deny an appeal filed by two groups looking to overturn a decision by the county’s Planning Commission granting the project a major-use permit.
Literacy First, a local charter school organization, has planned for nearly seven years to build a high school on the 7.7-acre piece of property at the corner of Chase Avenue and Jamacha Road. It purchased the land for $4 million. While the high school has 350 students at its current site in Lemon Grove where it has been since 2012, it expects to have a student population of 450 at the new spot. The new school would be closer to three academies for lower-grade students in El Cajon.