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Lake Oswego board interviews four candidates for two legal budget committee seats

Lake Oswego School District Board of Directors · February 24, 2025
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The Lake Oswego School Board interviewed four community candidates for two citizen seats on the district's legal budget committee, heard applicants' backgrounds in finance and education, and was told appointments are scheduled for the March 10 board meeting with onboarding to follow.

The Lake Oswego School Board on Feb. 24 interviewed four candidates for two open citizen positions on the district's legal budget committee, a panel that reviews the district's budget under Oregon's local budget law and must approve any property tax rate before the school board can increase it.

Phil Arts, a retired healthcare finance administrator and grandfather of three students in district schools, said his prior experience on a school budget committee and his background in hospital and physician-practice finance would let him review detailed budgets and listen to differing views in…

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