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This 1920s Oakland theater gets new life as charter school

BayTech welcomes students following two-year renovation near Fruitvale neighborhood
The BayTech charter school has served Oakland students in grades 6 to 12 for 20 years without a permanent campus of its own. (CoStar)
The BayTech charter school has served Oakland students in grades 6 to 12 for 20 years without a permanent campus of its own. (CoStar)
CoStar News
September 29, 2025 | 8:21 P.M.

Oakland’s Palace Theater opened in 1923 as a vaudeville venue. It later became a movie house and a church. In 2023, the year the Spanish Mission-style building turned 100, it was purchased by a school for kids interested in math and science.

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