‘School Spirits’ Season 2: Everything You Need to Know About the Cast, Plot, Potential Release Date & More

Paramount+ announced that School Spirits was renewed for season two in June 2023, just two months after the season one premiere. Similar to Netflix, the series was one of the top teen dramas on Paramount+. 

I anticipate the main cast from season one will return for School Spirits season two, which includes: 

• Peyton List as Maddie
• Kristian Flores as Simon
• Milo Manheim as Wally
• Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda
• Josh Zuckerman as Mr. Martin
• Nick Pugliese as Charley
• Spencer MacPherson as Xavier
• Kiara Pichardo as Nicole
• Rainbow Wedell as Claire

I'm itching to know if they'll end up casting an actual person as Janet or if she'll continue to be played by Peyton List. So far, no updates on that front. I'll report back if I hear anything.

*Warning: More major spoilers ahead*

Reddit theory from /BubblyCantaloupe5672:

My theory is that Mr. Martin and Janet were trying to recreate Janet's death to help her cross over and Janet accidentally possessed Maddie in the process. No malice, just two people trying to figure out ghost rules.

Reddit theory from /juhesihcaa:

I don't think they (Mr. Martin and Janet) were conspiring. I think Janet was just fed up with being a ghost for almost 70 years. I imagine each of the ghosts get fed up from time to time and it happened to coincide with Maddie being so broken from her mother's choices that it left her vulnerable. Janet ran out of the room and straight into Maddie's body and in the process gave us Schrodinger's Maddie.

Reddit theory from /LadyMRedd:

I don’t think he’s (Mr. Martin) as evil as people think. I think he’s an imperfect person who’s trying his best to help people and making mistakes along the way.

I think that there’s a lot we’re going to learn about him and Janet next season. My theory is that Janet is pulling a lot of the strings that have been attributed to him all along. I think that she was responsible for the fire that killed them, either intentionally or accidentally. I think she likely is disturbed and he died trying to prevent her from doing greater harm. And then after death she’s been obsessed with making contact/coming back and he’s been trying to protect the school, just like he died trying to do.

Reddit theory from /TrevorTempleton:

Gotta admit, I’m a bit suspicious of Rhonda, too. Which I hate because I really love her character.

But it’s possible that she could be lying. After all, she tells Maddie when she talks about what happened with her guidance counselor that “nobody’s who you think they are, Cherry Pop.” That could include Rhonda herself.

When she finds Wally and Charlie in the bunker looking at the stuff there, she admits knowing about it and shows them the barrel with the football, letter to Emilio, and her own acceptance letter from Berkeley. But what if she is the one who is keeping all that stuff for some purpose of her own? We have seen so many red herrings in the show already that maybe it’s possible Mr. Martin is a red herring, too?

Rhonda might pretend not to be interested in the whole ghost therapy thing, but she is in that group right from the start. She usually sits right next to Mr. Martin, too. And she was the last one to touch the bunker door before it locked in the finale and mysteriously refused to reset. Does she have some sort of power that the others lack? She has been there longer than anyone except Mr. Martin and Janet, and on the ghosts’ field day, she’s the one who had a trail of fire following her.

I don’t know for sure. Since School Spirits is a Paramount+ Original series and the first season debuted on the platform, I'm confident that the second season will debut there as well with the potential to stream on Netflix in succession. School Spirits season one is streaming right now on Netflix and Paramount+.