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At least 3 school board incumbents lose to well-funded newcomers in Portland suburbs Updated 10:22 PM; Today 9:14 PM Newcomers outspent incumbents heavily in this year's school board elections. In Washington County alone, challengers raised nearly three times as much as sitting board members.Oregonian file photo by Brooke Herbert, 2020 Facebook Share Incumbents faced challenges from newcomers with expansive war chests in school board races across the metro area Tuesday and partial returns show at least three sitting board members lost to well-funded opponents as of 9 p.m. Campaign finance records show incumbents in Washington County raised about $54,000, close to one-third the $142,000 their challengers did.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen appears to have lost reelection to Sherwood school board Updated 11:12 PM; Today 8:27 PM Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen appears to have lost his reelection bid for Sherwood school board Tuesday.Oregonian file photo by Beth Nakamura, 2020 Facebook Share The leader of the state agency that helped craft guidelines for operating Oregon’s schools during the pandemic appears to have lost his bid for a third term on the Sherwood school board. Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen trailed challenger Duncan Nyang’oro’s with 46% of the vote in partial returns as of 10 p.m Tuesday.
Greene, Hollands, Brim-Edwards glide to victory in Portland school board races Updated 8:08 PM; Facebook Share The Portland school board will seat two new members in July and, for the first time in its history, concurrently count three Black members among its ranks. Herman Greene won the four-way Zone 4 race Tuesday, claiming 73% of the vote according to partial returns as of 8 p.m. In Zone 5, Gary Hollands held 83%. Julia Brim-Edwards, the lone incumbent seeking reelection, won a second consecutive term representing Zone 6 with 80% of the vote according to the preliminary results. Brim-Edwards first served from 2001 to 2005 before returning to the Portland school board in 2017.
Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen loses reelection to Sherwood school board OregonLive.com 4 hrs ago Eder Campuzano, oregonlive.com The leader of the state agency that helped craft guidelines for operating Oregon’s schools during the pandemic lost his bid for a third term on the Sherwood school board Tuesday. Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen trailed challenger Duncan Nyang’oro’s 46% to 54% in partial returns repported as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Those totals are out of nearly 4,700 ballots counted so far by the Washington County elections office in the race for that seat. Nyang’oro, an auditor for the SAIF Corporation, spent $9,000 to unseat Allen. The incumbent raised about half that amount.
Portland Public Schools again punts decisions on which middle schools many SE students will attend, this time into 2022 oregonlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oregonlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Victim in fatal March stabbing identified; suspect arrested after robbery with homemade whip, Portland police say Updated 5:14 PM; Facebook Share Portland police have identified the man fatally stabbed downtown in late March and arrested another man on suspicion of killing him. William Aho, 37, was arrested Friday after Portland police said he robbed someone near the west ramp to the Morrison Bridge using a homemade whip the evening before. He was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center, records show. Robbery detectives later connected Aho to the fatal stabbing of 40-year-old Jay Hahn, who died shortly after midnight March 31. The robbery and fatal stabbing took place within five blocks of each other, according to police.
Portland man shoves woman into traffic, sets pole on fire and brawls with officers on Hawthorne Boulevard, authorities say Updated 8:54 AM; Facebook Share A 39-year-old Portland man is facing 12 criminal charges after he reportedly pushed a woman into traffic near Southeast Hawthorne and Cesar E. Chavez boulevards, set a power pole on fire and brawled with officers responding to the scene, police say. Kenneth Church was arrested Thursday afternoon. He’s accused of and assault, reckless endangering, criminal mischief and three counts of attempted assault on a police officer, among other charges. Police responded to the intersection at about 3:15 p.m., more than 20 minutes after a call came in about the incident.
Portland school board candidates have collected $100,000. The single largest donor? The teachers union Today 8:35 AM Facebook Share Portland school board candidates have brought in nearly $100,000 in donations and more than one quarter of that cash has so far come from one source: the union representing the district’s educators. With a week to go until Election Day, the Portland Association of Teachers has donated $13,000 each to the campaigns of Herman Greene and Gary Hollands, both of whom the union endorsed, campaign disclosure reports indicate. Greene’s race, a four-way contest for the Zone 4 position currently held by Rita Moore, is among the most competitive this year.
Portland Public Schools’ $762 million spending plan won’t guarantee full-day in-person class if COVID restrictions remain Today 9:05 AM 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 Facebook Share 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.