JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A charter high school less than halfway through its first year closed Friday after its landlord served administrators with an eviction notice.

Patterson Academy for the Arts opened in August in an office building on the Arlington Expressway. The school was chartered to serve 250 students, but only 73 were enrolled.

Midway through the school day Friday, students and teachers were told to go home.

Duval County schools spokeswoman Jill Johnson said the leasing company is working with the school to see if something can be worked out to allow the school to reopen on Monday.

Since it was not certain if or when the school would reopen, Johnson said the district will work with parents to place students either at a different charter school, a neighborhood school or a magnet school.

Charter schools apply to the school board for a license and public funding, but operate more like a private school. Johnson said Patterson Academy received a $250,000 start-up grant and has received $250,190 in additional funding since July.

Although the school's own Web site is offline, Duval County schools' Web site says the school "offers the uniqueness of a high quality ... as well as an introduction to many artistic genres."

"This has been a great environment for my son and has brought back his interest in school," a parent woman wrote in an e-mail to Channel 4.

She wrote that her son's class was interrupted Friday morning and everyone was told to go home. She said the principal was seen removing personal effects from the building.