Board members from the Hope Chinese Charter School have turned down the Beaverton School District’s offer to become the district’s second Chinese dual language program.
Instead, the 400-plus student school will retain its charter school status, and continue searching for a new campus, since it is outgrowing its current, flood-prone location in the West Slope neighborhood, said Sarah Walton, Hope’s school board vice-chair. Charter schools typically receive 80-85% of per-pupil public funding, but operate independently from their sponsoring school district, with their own governance and non-unionized teachers and staff.
The Mandarin language immersion charter school started small in 2012 and has grown into an in-demand K-8 program with more than 100 students on its waitlist. Ninety percent of its students demonstrated mastery of grade-level math skills on state tests in spring 2025, among the highest in the state…