Three Portland Public Schools board members have drafted a resolution to earmark almost all unspecified spending from its proposed $1.83 billion bond for seismic upgrades at elementary and middle schools.
The eleventh-hour resolution comes amid a firestorm of questions about the specifics, or lack thereof, in the bond proposal, the bulk of which is dedicated to replacing or modernizing three high schools. Most of the district’s voters already have ballots in hand and the deadline to vote is May 20.
The resolution, drafted by outgoing board members Julia Brim-Edwards and Gary Hollands along with Herman Greene, who is running for re-election, will be up for a vote at the school board meeting Tuesday. Hollands said he believes there is enough support from the other four board members to pass the plan…