What, no story how Portland Public School Teachers are ranked 4th in the country of largest metropolitan areas in missing actually teaching their students merits no mention on these blogs? Our graduation rates are pretty damned poor, and teachers being in the classroom is cited as a yardstick of how well the kids do in school.... No mention? I'd have thought you'd be on the side of the kids here. You'd think with summers and regular breaks off the teachers could at least show up to work...like the rest of us.