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Business Leaders Swore They’d Help Solve Oregon’s Massive Budget Hole
So Where Are They?
So where are they?
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Superintendent Splits! New Public Plaza!
Superintendent splits! New public plaza!
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PPS Superintendent Carole Smith Now Says She’ll Retire ASAP
Portland Public Schools’ search for a new leader begins now—unexpectedly. In a surprise announcement this morning PPS Superintendent Carole Smith announced she’ll formally leave the position in 90 days, and will tap “extensive accumulated leave” in the meantime. That means Smith’s gone for all intents and purposes. The announcement came just a short time after […]
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Schools Superintendent Carole Smith Has Announced Her Retirement Amid Lead Concerns
Carole Smith Portland Public Schools Carole Smith is retiring, after almost nine years at the helm of Portland Public Schools. The schools superintendent sent out a long email tonight, and after 12 paragraphs and 15 bullet points announced she has “affirmed my intentions to retire” to the Portland Public Schools board. “The board has asked […]
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Parents to Schools Superintendent: What Did You Know About Lead in Water? And When?
Superintendent Carole Smith, in less leaden times. Portland Public Schools The question for the angry crowd at Rose City Park school confronting embattled Portland Public School Superintendent Carole Smith Wednesday night comes down to: What did she know and when did she know it? As Smith tells it, elevated lead levels were found at least […]
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A Lead (And Now Radon) Crisis is Playing Out in Portland Schools. Here’s A Rundown.
If you’re concerned about health hazards in Portland Public Schools, maybe just keep hitting refresh on this webpage and see what pops up next. Since it became clear last Friday district officials didn’t immediately shut off fixtures that turned up high lead levels in March—there was an eight-day lapse, they say—and also didn’t immediately communicate […]
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Portland Public Schools Didn’t Immediately Shut Off Water Faucets With High Lead Readings
As worries over lead (and other metals) in Portland air threaten to shutter a local art-glass factory, Portland Public Schools suddenly finds itself flirting with controversy over tests concerning the highly toxic substance. Superintendent Carole Smith revealed in an email to parents this afternoon that Portland Public Schools should have immediately cut off water at […]
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Portland Public Schools Is Ordering Air Tests Because of Arsenic, Cadmium Concerns: “We Need A Public Meeting”
Wikimedia Portland Public Schools is contracting with two consulting firms to test the air inside both Cleveland High School and Winterhaven K-8, after news emerged yesterday that state officials believe a nearby glass factory is emitting alarming levels of the carcinogens cadmium and arsenic. PPS sent out a letter to parents of southeast Portland schoolchildren […]
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Multnomah University’s President Wants to Know Why the Feds Are Being “Selective” In Awarding The Right to Discriminate
M. O. Stevens The president of a tiny Christian university in Northeast Portland is confused. Back in February, he asked the federal government for formal permission to deny access to transgender students, and he hasn’t heard back—even though dozens of other schools have gotten the same permission. “I don’t understand why it’s taken so long,” […]
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Reports of Gun-Toting Man/Men Send Two Portland Schools into Lockdown
Portland Public Schools Grant High School Two NE Portland schools went into brief lockdown this afternoon, when an area business reported seeing two young men with guns walking toward Grant High School. Portland police, in a fresh news release, say officers responding to the area couldn’t locate the suspects and have no idea if the […]
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Who Are the Best Picks for the PPS School Board? Figure It Out With this Handy Tool from KBOO
The Mercury didn’t endorse candidates in this month’s election for the Portland Public Schools Board of Education, but not because it’s not important. The seven-member volunteer school board steers a district made up of nearly 50,000 students across 81 schools, and faces enormous challenges. And right now, you’ve got an opportunity to pick three of […]