Top 10 Reasons To Worry About PPS's High School Redesign

By BETH SLOVIC
Carole Smith
community meetings
Cleveland High School-area parents who already appear mighty skeptical of PPS's plans,
letter
top 10 reasons
experiment with K-8s
didn't have many answers
how the changes would affect class size.
"Hey I went to Lincoln."
PPS hasn't articulated well what other schools stand to gain.
laying the groundwork
the possibility of a much smaller bond,
currently has no contract
Measures 66 and 67
English language learners or special-education students,
Photo of Carole Smith from Portland Public Schools

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