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Our schools’ history stretches back 19 years to our founder Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. In 1989, Oak Park native and NBA All-Star Johnson opened a portable classroom in Sacramento High School as an afterschool program called St. HOPE Academy. Since then, St. HOPE has dramatically improved Oak Park through its holistic community development approach, creating 20 businesses and over 300 jobs. It also opened 40 Acres Art and Cultural Center, a 25,000-square-foot mixed-use facility located in the heart of Oak Park. Housing a cafe, bookstore, barbershop, art gallery and 200-seat theater, the complex won distinction from the California Redevelopment Agency with the “Award of Excellence in Mixed-Use Development” in 2004.