Attorneys for Einstein Academy have requested an ex parte hearing Monday to ask a judge to set aside a Hart district ruling over the charter school petition for the junior high and high school.

The charter school served officials with the William S. Hart Union High School District with a writ Tuesday, asking the court to essentially nullify a rejection of the charter school’s ability to operate, which was upheld by the Los Angeles County Board of Education later that day, while it continues its appellate process.

A call seeking comment from the charter school’s CEO, Maggie Ford, was not immediately returned Friday, when KHTS learned of the hearing.

A lawyer for the charter school confirmed the hearing was scheduled for Monday. An ex parte hearing generally involves one side seeking a temporary order, pending a formal hearing on a matter, which is brought forth by one side only, according to the L.A. Superior Court’s public information office. All ex parte matters are heard in open court, and the other side is legally required 24-hour notice. (Hart district officials confirmed Friday they were notified of Monday’s hearing.)

In this case, there’s a very specific reason officials with the Albert Einstein Academy for the Letters, Arts and Sciences are seeking the hearing for 8:30 a.m. Monday in Department 82 of the downtown Los Angeles County Superior Courthouse.

The charter school, which was authorized for operations until June 30, 2017, back in 2012, will be expected to close its doors on that date unless the courts grant a stay of the district and county rejection.

The charter school still technically has a viable outlet to which it could make its case for an appeal and seek a new agency for oversight — the state’s Department of Education.

However, the time involved in getting approval to be placed on the agenda for the governing board of the state body would be September meeting, which takes place after the contract with the district runs out.

The original hearing was scheduled for September 5, according to court records.

The Los Angeles County Board of Education voted 4-3 to uphold the Hart district’s decision.

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The decision does not affect Einstein Academy K-6 operations, which are chartered through the Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District.

Shortly before Tuesday’s hearing, William S. Hart Union High School officials were served with a writ seeking the court to set aside the district’s March 1 decision denying the charter school’s petition for renewal.

“The district can confirm that we were served (Tuesday) with a petition for a writ of mandate asking us to set aside the Hart district board’s March decision to deny the petition for charter renewal,” said Hart district spokesman Dave Caldwell. “We cannot comment further on pending litigation, but we strongly stand behind our board’s decision that was affirmed by the Los Angeles County Board of Education in their decision (May 16).”

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The writ indicates that if the school’s appeal to the county’s Board of Education at the May 16 hearing is unsuccessful, which it ended up being, the school is seeking “injunctive relief.”