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May 03. 2006
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Axe Falls on Gregory Heights,
Rose City Park, Kellogg Schools
Humboldt closure delayed
Tw o northeast Portland schools Ave.
and one southeast Portland school
The board plans to meet again
were approved for closure M on­ on Thursday to decide the fate o f
day night by a Portland School H ollyrood. Rieke and Portsm outh
Board looking for w ays to cut ex­ schools and an unnam ed school in
penses in the wake o f falling tax the Sellw ood neighborhood.
support and declining enrollm ent.
M onday’s decision cam e before
The axe fell on G regory Heights a packed audience o f parents, co m ­
Middle School. 7334 N.E. Siskiyou munity m em bers and school offi­
St.; Kellogg M iddle School, 3330 cials. Many spoke out against clo s­
S.E. 69"1 A ve.; and Rose City Park ing schools in areas that were eco ­
Elem entary School, 2334 N.E. 57,h nom ically depressed or had large
m inority populations.
The school district also plans to
transition 12 schools to a kinder­
garten through 8lh G rade formats,
elim inating many m iddle schools.
Last w eek, a recom m endation to
close Humboldt Elementary in north
Portland for the upcom ing school
year was given m ore tim e, follow ­
ing intense opposition.
H um boldt parents and support­
ers have said the school has draw n
relatively high achievem ent from
the low est-incoine children in the
district and argued that low-income
c h ild re n d o b e tte r in s m a lle r
schools. They also noted the diffi­
culty o f folding the elem entary into
O ckley G reen M iddle School, lo­
cated across Interstate 5.
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Court upholds lawsuit victory
Portland Public S chool's attempt - ca lc u lated by the c u s to d ia n ’s
to get cheaper labor four years ago w ages o f ab o u t $ 16 m illio n in the
backfired in their faces again last last y ea r o f th e ir c o n tra c t, in c lu d ­
w eek, w hen the O regon Suprem e ing b en efits and retire m en t costs,
C ourt refused to reco n sid er an adding up to $64 m illio n in back
O ctober 2005 ruling, stating that pay o v er the past four years. But
the district violated state labor laws that sum co u ld be red u ced by
when it fired the w orkers in 2002.
w ages cu sto d ia n s earn ed in o th e r
M ore than 3(X) custodians who jo b s.
w ere replaced by contract em ploy­
C om plicated negotiations b e­
ees rem ain protected by last y ear’s tw een both parties will likely start
4-3 court decision. C ontracting out when the d istrict’s contract with
the custodians saved the district private contractor Portland H abili­
$10.8 m illion over tw o years, ac­ tation C enter expires June 30, ac­
cording to a 2004 audit. The deci­ cording to Jim C oon, an attorney
sion, how ever, was devastating to representing the custodians.
the hundreds o f w orkers not able to
“There are more than 300 indi­
find other jobs.
vidual stories,” he said. "W e’re
N ow the ex- em ployees may be hoping the district and we can work
aw arded $64 m illion in back wages that out as an am icable thing."
Deadline Nears for
Medicare Part D
Seniors who
don’t sign up
face penalty
A frican A m erican lead ers are
u rg in g se n io rs to sign up fo r the
new M ed icare Part D p re sc rip ­
tio n d ru g co v erag e. If they do
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d ru g plan by M ay 15, they will
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penalty.
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v an tag e o f this im portant health
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co st o f their m o n th ly p rem iu m s.
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ers and o th e rs are u rg in g fam ily
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Light Shines on
Darfur Genocide
H undreds o f protesters, includ­
ing D em ocrat C ongressm an Earl
B lum enauer gathered at Pioneer
Square in dow ntow n Portland Sun­
day, calling for an end to the con­
flict in Darfur.
Sim ilar protests occurred nation­
wide, including one on the National
Mall in W ashington, D.C. There,
actors, politicians and religious
leaders joined thousands o f dem ­
onstrators to bring attention to mass
casualties and ask the Bush A d­
m inistration to take action.
T he D arfur region in w estern
Sudan has been a place where m ore
than 2(M),(KM) people have been
killed.
More than tw o million have been
driven from their hom es in w h at's
being called the first genocide of
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