Staff members who left and were contacted by The News & Observer would not say why they left.

Amid the uncertainty, two new schools that opened in August — Bonnie Cone Classical Academy in Huntersville and Community Public Charter School in Stanley — no longer plan to have TeamCFA run their day-to-day operations.

Bonnie Cone is in the process of dropping TeamCFA as its management company. Community Public Charter’s board signed an agreement last week ending its management contract with TeamCFA because the company said it could no longer fulfill the duties, according to Eddie McGinnis, a member of the board of the new Gaston County charter school.

“We didn’t panic when we got information that they’d go a different route,” McGinnis said. “We feel confident that we can make this work.”

TeamCFA also has worked with Southside Ashpole Elementary School in Robeson County, which was taken over by the state due to its low performance. TeamCFA is the “curriculum partner” of Achievement For All Children, the company hired to manage Southside as part of the Innovative School District program.