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Teachers union pushes back after Portland Public Schools announces timeline for reopening
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Posted Feb 05, 2021
Portland Public Schools announced it may begin hybrid instruction for elementary and possibly middle school students in April. Teachers union leaders are demanding the district survey families of color on its plans.The Oregonian
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One week after Portland Public Schools leaders announced plans to phase elementary and middle schoolers back into classrooms in early April, the union representing district teachers says it’s opposed because reopening schools may put Black, Indigenous and other families of color at high health risk.
The Portland Association of Teachers is demanding the district mount a comprehensive survey of those families before solidifying its plans.