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.
ODOT explores widening I-5 to the west, avoiding expansion toward Harriet Tubman Middle School
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Tubman’s students are predominately Black and Latino, according to district enrollment figures.
Megan Channell, project manager leading the Rose Quarter freeway project, briefed two state committees on that option this week. The state estimates it will have to decide if it’s a feasible option by mid-July.
Design work on the nearly $800 million project, which would add shoulders and merging lanes on I-5 between the interchanges with I-84 and I-405, is 20% complete.
Portland Public Schools planning for graduation and summer programming
The superintendent announced high school graduation will be held at Providence Park thanks to a partnership with the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns. Author: Christine Pitawanich Updated: 7:52 PM PDT April 28, 2021
Now that students who chose to do hybrid learning are physically back in the classroom, the focus is shifting to graduation and summer.
First let’s talk about graduation. Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero announced high school graduation will be held at Providence Park thanks to a partnership with the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns.
After graduation, the district also has plans to offer extensive and free summer programming called Create, Learn & Play after an especially tough year for students.
ODOT explores widening I-5 to the west, avoiding expansion toward school By Andrew Theen, oregonlive.com
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Oregon transportation officials are exploring whether they could widen Interstate 5 through the Rose Quarter by expanding the freeway westward, avoiding a controversial proposal to further encroach on Harriet Tubman Middle School, the majority-minority school that sits perched just east of the interstate.
Megan Channell, project manager leading the Rose Quarter freeway project, briefed two state committees on that option this week. The state estimates it will have to decide if it’s a feasible option by mid-July.
Design work on the nearly $800 million project, which would add shoulders and merging lanes on I-5 between the interchanges with I-84 and I-405, is 20% complete.
Ted Wheeler Could Use Some Advice, Right?
So we imagined what former Mayor Vera Katz might have to say at this particular juncture in Portland history.
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Beth Slovic
4/27/2021 at 4:35pm
We couldn t help but wonder: What Would Vera Do?
Back in the day, embattled Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler attended Lincoln High School with former Mayor Vera Katzâs only child, Jesse. I knew Vera initially as the lady who would tell us to keep it down, says Wheeler, who went on to earn Katzâs endorsement in his 2016 mayoral bid. In January, Wheeler hired former Mayor Sam Adams, Katz s chief of staff.Â