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Board approves $1.83 billion bond, adopts phone policy and other measures in 7-0 session
Summary
Portland Public Schools Board of Education approved a package of resolutions including a $1.83 billion general obligation bond measure, a districtwide student device policy and resolutions on board leadership and immigrant-student protections. Several items drew extended public comment and board discussion before unanimous or majority votes.
Portland Public Schools’ Board of Education voted on a slate of resolutions at its Jan. 7 meeting, approving a proposed $1.83 billion bond measure for the May ballot and adopting several districtwide policies and organizational actions.
The board voted unanimously to send the bond measure to the May special election. The board also approved a resolution adopting a student use of personal electronic devices policy (5–2), an operating agreement with the Albina Vision Trust (unanimous), a resolution affirming the rights of undocumented students and protocols for Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to schools (unanimous), and elected their chair and vice chair by voice votes.
The meeting included sustained public comment on multiple items: a robust discussion and many public speakers on the proposed bond and its designs for Cleveland and Ida B. Wells high schools; repeated testimony from Native students and parents urging a Native Student Success Center and related investments; student and parent testimony for and…
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