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.
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Students at Kelso Elementary in the Oregon Trail district will get among the highest number of classroom hours in the Portland area this year. Last week, nearly 1 in 3 of the state s public school students were still learning exclusively remotely, the lowest tally since Gov. Kate Brown s March 2020 order closing schools.The Oregonian
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The number of students in Oregon’s public schools learning exclusively remotely hit an all-time low as the last districts in the Portland metro area opened their high schools for in-person learning.
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Excitement, fresh looks mark first day of in-person classes at Portland’s Benson High
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It’s been more than a year since Curtis Wilson tied a necktie.
The Benson High School principal’s work attire has been more casual during the pandemic, consisting of a polo and jeans. On the rare occasion he needs to dress up, Wilson reaches for one of the few neckties he’s worn this year.
They’re all pre-tied.
“Whew, I’m out of practice,” Wilson said as he fiddled with the blue-and-green checkered cloth draped around sophomore Milo Hagardorn’s neck Monday afternoon, the first time more than a handful of students set foot in the Northeast Portland high school since the start of the pandemic.