Portland school board candidates have collected $100,000. The single largest donor? The teachers union
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Portland school board candidates have brought in nearly $100,000 in donations and more than one quarter of that cash has so far come from one source: the union representing the district’s educators.
With a week to go until Election Day, the Portland Association of Teachers has donated $13,000 each to the campaigns of Herman Greene and Gary Hollands, both of whom the union endorsed, campaign disclosure reports indicate.
Greene’s race, a four-way contest for the Zone 4 position currently held by Rita Moore, is among the most competitive this year.
Portland Public Schools’ $762 million spending plan won’t guarantee full-day in-person class if COVID restrictions remain
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Nearly two-thirds of Portland Public Schools students are learning in-person part-time, according to state figures. But the district s $762 million budget wouldn t be enough for another year of hybrid learning, Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero said. His spending plan is built for a full return to classrooms.The Oregonian
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Portland Public Schools will see a boost of about $14 million in its general fund next year. The district also has about $74 million left in federal relief money it can tap.
But its $762 million spending plan will not be enough to mount a full-scale return to classrooms in the fall if the Oregon Department of Education maintains its three-foot distancing rules beyond this school year, Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero told the school board Tuesday.
Brim-Edwards is the lone incumbent running. She represents Zone 6, which includes neighborhoods east of Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard from Interstate 84 south to Holgate Boulevard.
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