A private school in Utopia has abruptly closed and won’t say why.

Families of students at Renaissance Academy spent Saturday morning packing up and moving out. Jennifer Bena says she can't believe her daughter's school has closed.

"Just disappointed, I think this was handle improperly," she says.

Word of the closure came on Friday in the form of an email to parents.

"It is with heavy hearts that we, the board of directors, must inform you that Renaissance Academy will be ceasing operations immediately. The doors to the academy will be closed as of Sunday, April 26th, 2015. Arrangements to have your sons and daughters return home need to be made before this date,” the letter reads.

The letter goes on to state, “We know it is short notice and the hardship this will cause families. If there were anyway to avoid the closure we would have done so. We know that some staff and parents have been asking to meet with us but there is no feasible way to keep things running until the end of the school year.”

According to the private school's website, 40 students are enrolled at Renaissance academy, most of which are students who have special needs. Bena’s daughter Paige Bena has Asperger’s Syndrome.

"We had very supportive teachers and staff. I met a lot of great people here and I’m still in contact with most of them and I’m very unhappy that it had to end like this," Paige says.

CTV News has learned the school was previously run by Giancarlo Marchi. He was charged in February, following an investigation into alleged sexual assaults at a private school in Innisfil. The incidents allegedly happened in the 1980s.

Bena says Marchi was let go from Renaissance Academy when those charges were laid this past winter. Since then she says there has been a lot of staff turnover. Now, she doesn't know where her daughter will go or if she can get her tuition back.

"There's no board of directors sitting here answers parents questions, just a blanket letter went out, no contact information to get a hold of anybody."

A problem Jane Solmon says she has had with the school too. The horseback rider taught therapeutic riding lessons for students at the private school. She says, she wasn't paid for her work

"I've made inquiries about that, I’ve asked for responses as to when I could expect payment and I haven't gotten any response to that."

Parents say they'll continue pushing for answers; first they're trying to figure out how or where their children can finish the school year.

CTV News reached out to Renaissance Academy for comment on Saturday, but was turned down. Our calls to Ontario’s Ministry of Education also went unreturned.