The owner of the apartment building near the North Portland home that served as flashpoint late last year in the gentrification and racial justice movement has sued the owners of the empty lot next to the house. Ken Vonderach’s lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that the lot is a nuisance that has been transformed into a “major homeless encampment and staging ground for people to trespass” on .
Portland-area vaccinations will prioritize elementary teachers, educators who volunteer to teach in-person
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Portland-area vaccinations have so far been reserved for first responders and other essential workers. Teachers who volunteer for in-person instruction will be among the first of the general public to receive a first dose this week.Photo by Dave Killen/Staff
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Portland Public Schools employees who are most likely to see students face-to-face will be among the first educators to be vaccinated this week, the district announced Tuesday.
The Oregon Convention Center is expected to administer 2,000 doses per day to school district employees and early childhood workers from throughout the three-county Portland metro area starting Wednesday, prioritizing educators in four waves. There are about 40,000 eligible educators in the area.
Portland Public Schools reaches 84% on-time graduation rate, sees slight decline for some student groups
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
The state s largest district saw an uptick of 3 percentage points in its overall graduation rates from 2019 to 2020.Photo courtesy Portland Public Schools
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Portland Public Schools improved its graduation rate by 3 percentage points in 2020, according to figures made public Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education.
Nearly 84% of the district’s seniors graduated within four years. Statewide, that figure was about 83%, despite higher child poverty rates outside the state’s largest district.
Portland’s Black and Latino students posted the highest gains, with four-year rates growing to 77% each.
Oregon graduation rate climbs to 83%, a new high, but schools may have lowered the bar for a diploma
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
The biggest improvements in Oregon graduation rates occurred among Black and Latino students and students with disabilities. About 76% of Black students graduated within four years statewide and nearly 80% of Latinos did so.Photo courtesy Portland Public Schools
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The biggest improvements occurred among Black and Latino students and students with disabilities.
About 76% of Black students graduated within four years statewide and nearly 80% of Latinos did so. Approximately 60% of students with disabilities graduated on time.
But the unprecedented upheaval that Oregon schools experienced last spring, as the pandemic closed them with little warning and educators were ordered to abandon normal grading practices, calls into question whether the latest uptick was primarily the result of schools improving their performance or re