One school year was all it took for St. HOPE Public Schools to see roughly 70% of its teaching staff walk out the door, leaving a charter network that once listed more than 50 classroom teachers with only a small core of returning instructors. Principals scrambled to cover classes, emergency hires cycled through, and families reported disruption as campuses juggled reassignments. All of it unfolded while the network was under audit and operating under a conditional charter renewal that required a new operational agreement with the district.
According to The Sacramento Bee, St. HOPE had about 54 teachers on staff in November 2024, and only 16 of those educators remained in classroom roles a year later, a loss of roughly 70%. Documents reviewed by the Bee show St……