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Policy committee advances revised field-trip policy to full board after DLI community testimony
Summary
After multiple parents, students and teachers urged preserving international research residencies, the Portland Public Schools policy committee discussed a streamlined field-trip policy intended to reduce administrative burden and ensure equity for dual-language immersion programs. The committee agreed to send the proposal and supporting materials to the full board for consideration.
Portland Public Schools'policy committee on Oct. 20 heard sustained public testimony from students, teachers and parent groups urging the district to preserve long-standing international research-residency trips and to reduce administrative hurdles that have raised costs and uncertainty.
"This will be my fourth year, but I have been carrying the burden of the increased burden of having to go through hoops," said Yuki Sakai, who described the trips as curriculum-linked capstone experiences that "have taken a lot of energy from staff and students and families." Teacher Kojo Hakam, who leads residencies at Harrison Park Middle School, said the program began before COVID…
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