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Former Beaverton Officer Comments on Role of Police in Schools and Gives His Account of Alleged Use of Force Over Stolen Calculator

Andrew Halbert, the school resource officer stationed at Southridge in 2010, and the officer who carried out the warrant to search McKelvey’s house, agrees that examining the role of cops in schools is important. But he says he “disagrees with [McKelvey’s] characterization of what happened.”

For Decades, Artists and Students at a Portland Elementary School Created Murals. Now the Principal Wants to Paint Over Them.

The debate places Glencoe Elementary in a national conversation about public art that ranges from edgy graffiti to Confederate monuments.

Former Roosevelt High School Football Coach on Paid Leave as Portland Public Schools Investigates a New Claim

Kennybrew was given a letter of reprimand after an investigation into whether he sexually harassed colleagues. There’s a new issue under investigation.

Murmurs: Oregon Man Sues Google for Workplace Harassment

In other news: Gov. Kate Brown draws timber ire with Forestry Board picks.

Murmurs: Go Thorns.

In other news: School district did not inform parents of privacy breach.

Murmurs: Portland State University Settles Whistleblower Complaint

In other news: Alcohol and automobiles remain a horrible combination.

Internal Review Finds Portland State University Researchers Broke Federal Law

The university now concedes the project did not have proper authorization to use the data from public school classrooms.

A Middle School Prized by Portland’s Black Community Would See Its Poor Air Quality Worsen With a Rose Quarter Highway Expansion

A new study contains a remarkable warning: Don’t let students at Harriet Tubman Middle School play outside.

These 11 People Will Decide the Fate of a Portland Baseball Stadium

The decision whether Portland gets a ballpark hinges on finding enough money. These are the 11 people who could get the cash—or stop the deal from happening.

Students at Grant High School Posted a List of “Sexual Predators in the Hallways” in Girls’ Bathrooms Last Week

Administrators said the posters made students feel unsafe.

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