Science is Fun And Awesome Learning Academy Charter School will vacate its Tiyan campus after reaching an agreement with its landlord, Eagle Land Holdings. This comes amid the most recent eviction effort and dispute over millions in alleged back rent.

Both sides have reached an agreement in the lawsuit between the parties, with SIFA set to move off-campus by June 30. SIFA attorney Mike Phillips said, “While we’ll move out, it won’t be because of a judgment by a court, it’ll just be that SIFA has decided to open up somewhere else.”

The agreement follows Eagle Land Holdings' recent eviction bid, alleging the charter school owes more than $5 million in back rent. Phillips continues to pushback on that claim, saying, "They don’t owe you rent–you’re not billing them. And that’s number one. And number two, they are not there because they didn’t pay rent. They’re making both those claims, and that is not true. The fact that we’re in court today is strategic on their part.”

Phillips also arguing that the landlord sued the wrong party, naming SIFA’s non-profit organization, which he says has no presence on campus.

“As a matter of law, there is no non-profit on the campus," he stated. "The only two entities on the campus are the school and, I guess, you can argue, the board of trustees. But the SIFA non-profit organization that was formed, lobbied, and was successful in convincing the charter school council to open a new charter school–they exist–they’re just a non-profit–they don’t control the school.”

Meanwhile, phillips says his motion to dismiss the case is still pending, noting, “One of two things I think is likely to happen—two, the judge will dismiss the case if they grant my motion–or, the judge might say, rather than going forward with the motion, even though the parties want to–the judge may say, since SIFA is out, it just makes no sense to go forward. And the third possibility is between now and the motion hearing, the landlord might correct their summons and complaint on their own without the judge having to tell them to do that.”

In the meantime, parties are due back in court on July 2.