Oregon middle school teacher dies from COVID-19 within days of school reopening
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A beloved sixth and seventh grade language arts teacher, Samantha Fox, 46, died from COVID-19 last Saturday, May 8, in Estacada, Oregon. She passed away one week after contracting the virus, with no underlying health conditions. She had taught in the district for 20 years and leaves behind her mother, husband and two teenage sons.
Estacada, Oregon teacher Samantha Fox (Source: Twitter)
Roger Clound, Samatha’s ex-husband, told local press, “You can’t go anywhere in Estacada without someone coming up to talk to her.” Her mother, Mary Beck, cried as she said that Samantha “took care of everyone. The entire family loved her dearly.” She added that Samantha always had “a big smile” and was “fun to be with.”
by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | May 11, 2021 01:00 PM Print this article
Oregon lawmakers are working on giving teacher bonuses for having too many kids in classrooms a required component of school-union negotiations, something that costs Portland taxpayers millions of dollars.
A bill being considered in the Oregon Legislature this session, Senate Bill 580, would make class sizes a required component allowed in teacher union contract bargaining. The bill provides no increased state funding to schools.
Brad Cole, a student counselor and social studies teacher at North Clackamas School District, testified to state lawmakers in March that he feels under-equipped to teach 35 to 40 students at a time in his classroom.
April 30 2021
Court filing alleges school district failed to protect a 12-year-old student at Alder Creek Middle School.
The North Clackamas School District failed to protect a vulnerable student who was sexually abused by a classmate last year, a new lawsuit claims.
The plaintiff in the case was a 12-year-old seventh grader attending Alder Creek Middle School on Feb. 19, 2020 the day she was raped and sexually assaulted in an unlocked closet inside the school by a male eighth-grader who was later prosecuted and convicted, the suit says.
Lawyers for the plaintiff and her mother, who are identified only by pseudonym, now seek $2 million in damages for the school district s alleged negligence, according to documents filed in Clackamas County Circuit Court on April 21.
District sues McDaniel High School construction firm April 27 2021
Portland Public Schools is at least the second school district to become embroiled in a fight over Oregon s new Corporate Activity Tax.
Portland Public Schools is diving into a CAT fight.
The school system has become the second district in Oregon to file suit against a construction contractor following a dispute over who foots the bill for the firm s Corporate Activity Tax liability.
In this case, PPS seeks an injunction preventing Fortis Construction from adding $1.2 million in CAT costs to the total tab for modernizing Leodis V. McDaniel High School, which was formerly named after President James Madison.
Portland Public sues McDaniel High School construction firm April 27 2021
Portland Public Schools is at least the second school district to become embroiled in a fight over Oregon s new Corporate Activity Tax.
Portland Public Schools is diving into a CAT fight.
The school system has become the second district in Oregon to file suit against a construction contractor following a dispute over who foots the bill for the firm s Corporate Activity Tax liability.
In this case, PPS seeks an injunction preventing Fortis Construction from adding $1.2 million in CAT costs to the total tab for modernizing Leodis V. McDaniel High School, which was formerly named after President James Madison.