Willamette Week Online | News OPINION | Seven ways to get a head. The Nose
Oops. When the Nose snorted out a less-than-flattering critique of Anthony Amato last month, he had no idea that five weeks later, Portland Public Schools would end up empty-handed. WW 4/23/02

KATU TV News - Portland Schools accused of trying to replace 300 custodiansThe union that represents school custodians in Portland is accusing the school district of acting in bad faith as it tries to replace more than 300 workers with outside contractors. KATU 4/23/02

Upbeat and passionate Jefferson High School has seen five principals in four years. On July 1, Larry Dashiell becomes No. 6. Oregonian 4/23/02

School board swallows hard lessons. With the superintendent search in shambles, board members grapple with how to start over Battered, bruised and rejected, Portland Public Schools board members have huddled together in private executive sessions in the last few days to figure out where they might find a worthy — and willing — person to be the district’s next superintendent. Tribune 4/23/02

No white horse, but this guy rides high on our pain Hey, guys, it's me again. I hear y'all are looking for a new school superintendent. Word is your pool of candidates ain't even a puddle. (Heh, heh. I crack myself up.) The Oregonian 4/19/02

Portland school board rebuffed, again The Portland School Board's superintendent search took another hit Thursday after Eric Smith of North Carolina refused a second time to lead the city's 54,000-student district. The Oregonian 4/19/02

An unnecessary debacle The Portland School Board has made a spectacle of itself by letting all four finalists for superintendent slip away in what must be one of the more rudderless, indecisive and hesitant search processes in education history. Editorial from The Oregonian 4/19/02

Portland's Superintendent Candidate Problem Portland Public School District's lack of funding is not only hurting education, it's hurting their search for a new superintendent. The school board's four invited finalists have all withdrew their applications, despite a larger than average paycheck. All the applicants cited the district's lack of funding as the main reason for withdrawing. KPTV 4/19/02

Schools to Rely on Interim Chief, Search for Replacement An interim superintendent will continue running Portland schools as the district's school board looks for ways to get its search for a full-time replacement back on track. KGW 4/19/02

School Board discusses superintendent search This morning the Portland School Board held a special executive meeting to discuss possible changes to the search process for a new schools superintendent. KATU 4/19/02

Last Candidate Withdraws from Portland Schools Race
And then there were none. First, Wichita's leader of the public schools chose to stay in Kansas -- withdrawing his name from consideration for the job as Portland's school superintendent. KGW 4/17/02

Shortlist for chief of schools is blank Educators Anthony Amato of Connecticut and Winston Brooks of Kansas withdrew Wednesday from the six-month search for a Portland superintendent, leaving no finalists for the school board to consider for the helm of Oregon's largest school district. The Oregonian 4/18/02

Candidate for schools chief pulls out of race In a surprise move, Eric Smith dropped out of Portland's superintendent sweepstakes Friday, the second finalist to withdraw from the search for the next chief of Oregon's largest school district. The Oregonian 4/13/02

Oregon's schools face tough options in Measure 13 Measure 13 presents school advocates a choice between the practical and the political, and the angst over that decision has splintered a coalition that usually presents a united front on school money issues. 4/9/02

Portland revokes McCoy Academy's charter McCoy Academy, the last-chance program for high school dropouts that became Portland's first charter school, will lose its charter status because of poor attendance and unpaid debts, the Portland School Board decided 6-1 Monday. 4/9/02

Spending on schools above average Oregon educators have complained for years they lack the money to run their classrooms properly, and there's no question that the 1990s left a trail of cutbacks in public education, with some drastic steps looming this fall from Portland to Coos Bay. Oregonian 4/10/02

Beaverton schools chief puts board in tough spot The superintendent of the Beaverton School District wants a raise that not only would make her the highest-paid superintendent in Oregon but also would put her salary ahead of superintendents in Miami, Atlanta and San Francisco. The Oregonian 4/13/02

Schools candidate opposed to closures Winston Brooks,the fourth finalist, will be in town Thursday. The latest finalist for superintendent of Portland schools has some advice for the school board — think twice about closing schools to save money. Tribune 4/9/02

Schools face tough options in Measure 13 Measure 13 presents school advocates a choice between the practical and the political, and the angst over that decision has splintered a coalition that usually presents a united front on school money issues. Oregonian 4/9/02

Portland revokes McCoy Academy's charter McCoy Academy, the last-chance program for high school dropouts that became Portland's first charter school, will lose its charter status because of poor attendance and unpaid debts, the Portland School Board decided 6-1 Monday. Oregonian 4/9/02