Update October 20, 10:50 am: Members of the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) voted to authorize a strike. According to PAT, out of the 93 percent of members who participated in the strike vote, 98.9 percent voted "yes." In a statement from Portland Public Schools (PPS) about the news of the strike vote, district leaders asked "educators to stay at the table...not close schools." "We want to reach a fair, sustainable settlement, and we will...