Lopez received guidance from Ben Chavis, head of the American Indian Model Schools, and established a system similar to the system of American Indian Public Charter School at Oakland Charter Academy.

[2] Amethod Public Schools was created in 2009 as the branding of a new Charter Management Organization and a foundational split between the OCA and APCS campuses.

In Spring 2008 the Oakland Charter Academy received an Academic Performance Index (API) of 902.

[7] Oakland Charter Academy was once located in a former bank on International Boulevard and 30th street.

At Oakland Charter Academy every student received 120 minutes each of English and mathematics instructions.

Katy Murphy of the Oakland Tribune said the work only intensifies during so-called school holidays.