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Parent Rally to Reopen Oregon Schools Draws Ire From Teachers Gov. Kate Brown moved teachers and school staff ahead of seniors for COVID-19 vaccinations, trying to prod teachers back into classrooms. But many teachers aren’t gung ho about returning. Rally at Benson Polytechnic to reopen Oregon schools. (Chris Nesseth) Updated January 31 Street protests are a common sight in Portland. But on Sunday, the most recent demonstration featured children, and it reflected the latest tension in Oregon life: between teachers and parents at loggerheads over when students can return to classrooms.
No matter how compelling the reasons, Gov. Brown's decision to prioritize teachers for vaccines sold out older Oregonians. She must take responsibility for ensuring that schools reopen or risk selling out younger Oregonians as well, the editorial board writes.
A panel of parents give there take on the president s move to reopen schools on Fox & Friends.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is being criticized by some residents and teachers unions for her plan to prioritize vaccinations for school staff before the state s elderly population.
The plan will help the state reopen schools in the spring, Brown said in a Friday statement. I first made the commitment at the end of last year to vaccinate Oregon’s educators and school staff, and I reaffirmed that commitment last week, she said, despite some backlash. Educators can be vaccinated quickly, district by district. This choice represents a rapid action that will have an outsized impact on Oregon kids.
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Parents and Teachers Decry Portland Public Schools’ Decision Not to Distribute Textbooks During the Pandemic There’s no single set of rules about who gets textbooks and, in some cases, parents don’t know if the books even exist. Portland Public Schools building. (Brian Burk) Updated January 8 Since the pandemic closed schools in March and virtual learning became the norm, Kevin Rudiger s son spends all day staring at a computer screen. His sixth grader, Isaac, attends Hosford Middle School in Southeast Portland. Portland Public Schools provides Isaac and its nearly 50,000 other students with Chromebooks and online resources such as PDF documents.