Portland Schools Face Serious Budget Cuts
Portland Public Schools Interim Superintendent Jim Scherzinger's recommendation to close two elementary schools is just a one of several possible budget decisions prompted a $36 million budget shortfall. KPTV 2/28/02

Budget would ring the bell a final time for 2 schools Two elementary schools would be closed permanently and the school year reduced next year by eight or nine days under a budget recommended Monday night by Jim Scherzinger, the Portland Public Schools interim superintendent. Tribune 2/26/02

District likely to cut Outdoor School This could be the final spring that sixth-graders from across Multnomah County take part in the weeklong, 24-hour-a-day learning adventure known as Outdoor School. Oregonian 2/26/02

2 Portland schools may close On Monday, Portland's interim schools chief recommended closing two elementary schools, lopping eight to nine days from the school year and replacing more than 300 custodians with private workers as a remedy to a $36 million budget gap. From Oregonian 2/26/02

Too few students, too much land New study of school facilities suggests selling extra property. Portand Tribune 2/5/02

School board weighs cost versus size
Small schools are the district’s ‘jewels,’ but are they worth keeping? Portland Tribune 2/5/02

Board Nears Vote on Gap Report
Consultants reveal long-term ideas for Jefferson, other area schools In a new draft plan on the best use of Portland Public Schools buildings, consultants suggest far-reaching innovations are possible for Jefferson High School over the next decade. Skanner 1/02

Board, Crisis Team Near Armistice This week all eyes were turned, once again, toward the Portland Public Schools Board, which, again, had the chance to either deeply offend the Education Crisis Team — and the larger community of families under-served by the education system — or finally make some sort of truce with them. Skanner 1/02

Students stand up for schools budget More than 1,000 Oregon students packed Pioneer Courthouse Square on a chilly Thursday afternoon to protest education cuts the Oregon Legislature is poised to make. Oregonian 2/1/02

Kitzhaber attacks idea of using school money Gov. John Kitzhaber, ripping into one of the key budget-balancing proposals offered by legislative leaders, raised the possibility Thursday that the Feb. 8 special session could last more than a day. Oregonian 2/1/02