News CLARIFICATION: The business manager at Jefferson who is referenced in this report lost her job as a result of a layoff amid budget cuts. Jefferson High School's former principal, Cynthia Harris, is no longer on paid leave. She's just on plain leave because she let her administrative license expire July 31, and state rules prohibit Portland Public Schools from paying an unlicensed administrator. According ...   More

News The Timbers Army is on the warpath for a good cause: It's leading a fundraising effort to help Jefferson High School's girls and boys soccer teams buy new team uniforms. Tonight during the game against Puerto Rico, Timbers fans will be collecting donations outside PGE Park at the Timbers Army van on the corner of SW 20th Avenue and SW Morrison Street. There's more information about the Army's ...   More

News Superintendent Carole Smith unveiled the broad outlines of her latest high-school redesign this evening. Unlike the previous two iterations of the plan--the one Smith first introduced in April and the one a majority of the Portland School Board supported in June--this version calls for shuttering Marshall High School in Southeast Portland entirely. Both the superintendent and the board previously ...   More