PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A growing number of Portland Public Schools teachers have received layoff notices for the coming school year, prompting the Portland Association of Teachers to file a class action grievance alleging the district violated the union contract’s layoff procedures.
The union said it is aware of 82 layoff notices issued so far, a number it said is “climbing.” Of those, the union said at least 77 “blatantly violate collectively bargained layoff procedures.”
The union said the total size and scale of the layoffs remains unclear and could exceed the 82 notices it has identified…