PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There were tense moments during Monday night’s Tigard-Tualatin school board meeting as several students, parents and teachers pleaded with district leaders about looming layoffs and cuts to some student programs.
The district, facing a $10 million budget shortfall, is grappling with how to handle it.
Superintendent Iton Udosenata outlined an easy-to-understand math problem.
“Over the course of the last five to six years, our staffing has gone up by 14.5% and our enrollment’s gone down by 9%,” he said. “One of our keys ways in getting funding is in our students, and without students, we can’t generate the income that we need.”…