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Tired of being humiliated, these girls fought the sexist school dress code. And won.
Four middle-schoolers sat at the podium. Poised. Confident. Ready to challenge the Portland Public Schools board on its dress code. Four students from Portland, Oregon, testified in front of the board in May 2015Image via PPS Communications/YouTube.AnaLuiza, a seventh-grader, told a story of a friend who was pulled aside one day for wearing a skirt deemed to be too short. The friend sat in the principal's office for hours while the staff tried to get ahold of her parents. She missed important classwork, and worse yet, felt humiliated by the ordeal.
Liberty High School starts school year with big savings thanks to $2 million HVAC upgrades
School is back in session, and Liberty High School students are returning to a more sustainable — and comfortable — building. Over the summer, the Hillsboro School District undertook an extensive HVAC system overhaul, investing more than $2 million in a project designed to modernize the high school’s aging systems. Opened in 2003, Liberty is Hillsboro’s newest high school and one of its largest facilities at 291,000 square feet —...
Grant High School student’s petition against cell phone restrictions gains traction
Even as Portland Public Schools is trying to work out a plan for a district-wide policy to limit cell phone use in the classroom, some schools have already taken matters into their own hands by requiring students to lock up their phones.
Free Courses For Low Income Adults
Oregon Humanities is now accepting registration for three Humanity in Perspective (HIP) courses taking place in the 2024-2025 academic year. HIP offers free community-centered courses to Oregon residents who do not have a four-year degree and are living on low incomes or otherwise facing barriers to continuing their education. Participants do not need a high school diploma, GED or proof of legal residence to qualify.
Parkrose football aiming to be dangerous in 2024
When Stephen Nesmith took over the Parkrose High School football program, he was met with question marks when asking about the youth football program. Three years later, Nesmith’s high school-aged Broncos practice right next to the nearly full squads of players that are in grades 3-8. Creating that foundation is starting to show at the high school level as well after Parkrose picked up two wins in 2023. Now in...
With deep debt and low-paying jobs, Portland alternative medicine graduates say their degrees will never pay off
By the end of this week a leading institution among alternative medicine schools in the United States will be no more. The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine awarded its final master’s and doctorate degrees — it’s shutting down its public clinic and saying goodbye to its downtown Portland building.
Construction of New Cleveland HS Requires Passage of Future Bond
Significant progress has been made on the design for a new multi-story Cleveland High School, but a major hurdle remains: funding for construction of the school. That funding would need to come from a future Portland Public Schools (PPS) school capital improvement bond. It was originally scheduled to be placed on the ballot in November of this year, but in late spring, the PPS School Board decided it needed more time to determine the scope of the bond package. They will now put out a bond on the May 2025 ballot.
Week Zero of high school football in the PNW
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Central Catholic opened the season in the dominating fashion of a defending championship team, blowing out to a 28-0 lead and finishing the day with a 35-15 win over Leilehua out of Hawaii. Rams’ QB Robbie Long scored on a short run, then followed with...
Sherwood football: Back and ready to be even better in 2024
Heightened success often leads to heightened expectations. But despite being a year removed from what could only be described as a highly successful season, and minus a significant number of game-changing players due to graduation, Sherwood High School head coach Mark Gribble isn’t running from those expectations and is pleased with what his team is set to bring to the table in 2024. “Our goal is to win league, finish strong in the RPI rankings and get into that new top-12 bracket,” Gribble said. “Our...
Central Catholic showcases new QB Robbie Long with season-opening rout of Hawaii’s Leilehua
HILLSBORO—Charlie Landgraf got his first win as the new Central Catholic head coach as the Rams defeated Leilehua, of Hawaii, 35-15 in the season opener Friday afternoon at Hillsboro Stadium. “It feels great. I’m really excited for the kids,” Landgraf said. “August is always a long month. The first...
Jefferson football ready to surprise with young and talented roster
There are quite a few changes coming for a Jefferson High School football team that made the postseason in 2023. One being the fact that the school will begin building a new structure where the football field currently stands after this season, giving the Democrats one last ride for this field (even if it is only for three home games, which the Demos haven’t received an answer as to why). ...
Gov. Tina Kotek Appoints Two New Members to OHSU Board
Gov. Tina Kotek released a slate of appointments today to state boards and commissions. Among the most notable changes: two new board members for Oregon Health & Science University, the city’s largest employer. As WW has reported, OHSU is going through a difficult time financially, which recently led to the layoff of 500 staffers. It is also working through perhaps the most complex transaction in its history, a planned merger with Legacy Health.
Hardworking Scappoose football is aiming high in 2024, but taking it one game at a time
The Scappoose High School football team has been close the past two years, twice making it to the state semifinals. But this season, despite the loss of some key contributors from last year’s team, co-head coach Sean McNabb believes hard work and heightened focus could be what puts this team over the top. “This group has spent so much time working on their own, and are just very self-motivated,” McNabb said. “They do it because they want to be great, and they don’t want to...
Get to know Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong: PPS superintendent loves Bit O'Honey, 49ers and more
Don’t let the title scare you, Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong, Portland Public Schools’ new superintendent is a Portlander just like the rest. Armstrong served as Portland’s chief academic officer starting in 2022 for 15 months, and will now be the first Black woman in the lead role for the district. For the past year she has served as deputy superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, Washington, but now she’s more...
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