re: For those of you rooting agains Coach Prime: Why?

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In January 2014, Superintendent Ron Price turned over documents to the Tarrant County District Attorney's office alleging that hundreds of laptops had been stolen from Prime Prep. He later gave the information to the FBI. The school was closed January 30, 2015, due to financial insolvency.[5]

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Journalist Phil Mushnick said of Prime Prep Academy: “After 2½ years, the school closed amidst an avalanche of unpaid administrators, faculty contractors, dilapidated buildings, allegedly misspent public funding and broken promises to black parents and hundreds of their children, mostly with an eye on college athletic scholarships.”[6]

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The school was accused of racism and influence peddling.[11][12] In December 2013, Sanders pressured cofounder D.L. Wallace, a local minister, out of the leadership of the schools[13] over accusations of fraud[14][15] and assault.[16][17][18] Shortly afterwards Sanders was fired from his head coach position,[1][19] sparking an attempt by the school board to oust the superintendent who had fired Sanders.[20] The school then received further negative press for violations of the state's board meeting laws,[21] theft,[22] eviction,[23][24] and staff members failing to follow established policies.[15] The school was featured in local news coverage again in 2014 for failing to hold open meetings[25] and ranked as the lowest performing elementary school in North Texas as judged by Children at Risk.[26]

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In July 2014, it was announced that the Texas Education Agency was going to revoke the school's charter for inconsistencies with the National School Lunch Program and fiscal mismanagement to which the school responded that they were going to appeal the decision. In October 2014, the school stopped forwarding paycheck withholdings to the IRS, which had been averaging $25,000 to $28,000 per month. The IRS would later file a tax lien of $56,625.[27]

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