A plan that could shutter as many as 14 Portland schools brought hundreds of parents, students, and supporters to a Portland Public Schools board meeting, while others rallied outside the building chanting, “Save our schools.”
For Oregon families who see neighborhood schools as anchors of their communities, the proposal has grown into a fight for their children’s future.
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As KPTV reported, Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong presented three “rightsizing” options for Portland Public Schools, two of which would close schools.
The broadest plan would shutter 14 campuses: Beach, Buckman, Creston, Irvington, James John, Lewis, Maplewood, Marysville, Peninsula, Rose City Park, Sabin, Sellwood Middle School, Stephenson, and Woodmere…