Four pledge to put students at the fore Two college professors, a bank executive and a parent activist won Portland School Board seats Tuesday night, forging a new majority that pledged to raise achievement and rebuild the district's tattered image.

School board blues Karla Wenzel has hopes for the new board, but the chairwoman leaves disillusioned and worn down The feces in the mail may have made the decision for her. May 20, 2003 Tribune