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PPS superintendent recommends closing 10 elementary schools, sparing Sellwood Middle School

If you have a kid in Portland Public Schools, here's the latest. Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong on Friday recommended closing 10 elementary schools, fewer than the up to 14 in the district's first two scenarios.

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Armstrong's plan closes fewer schools than either first scenario

Source: Willamette Week

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Scenario A14
Scenario B11
Armstrong's plan10

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PPS superintendent recommends closing 10 elementary schools

Plus, a Blazers deal for the Moda Center looks unlikely by December, and the coast has dangerous surf.

The TLDR

  1. PPS superintendent recommends closing 10 elementary schools
  2. PPS board orders an outside probe of Signal use
  3. Moda Center deal with the Blazers looks unlikely by December
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