PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Families in Portland are speaking out as the city’s largest school district weights a plan to close up to 14 schools because of budget constraints and declining enrollment.
District families and community members gathered outside Sellwood Middle School on Saturday night, one of the schools being considered for closure, for a “Frightsizing Block Party.” The event was aimed at rallying support for keeping the school open and drawing attention to what organizers called the “real Frightsizing effects” of potentially closing a neighborhood school.
“All of the schools are good schools,” said Rose Collins, organizer of the block party. “They need impact studies and we’re not getting those impact studies. We’re not learning what’s going to happen when Sellwood, who has actually really good enrollment, is going to be broken down.”…