News   Surprising perhaps no one, the Portland School Board voted 7-0 tonight to put forward a $548 million construction bond to renovate and rebuild Portland Public Schools’ aging facilities. The measure now heads to voters in the Portland school district on May 17. Among the nine schools that would be fully rebuilt, if voters approve the property-tax increase, is Marysville ...   More

News Fire investigators still have no official word on the cause of the fire that engulfed Marysville K-8 School in Southeast Portland on Nov. 10. But an internal document from Portland Public Schools shows an independent investigator from EFI Global, Jerry Flowerdew, has focused some attention on one possible source of the blaze -- a "suspicious extension cord." On Jan. 29, according to the ...   More