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nities that are home to minority and
disadvantaged populations?
Why should inner north and
northeast Portland be forced once
again to scatter our children into
other high schools and displace
our own identity as a com m unity?
Jefferson High School has been
hurt by 40 years o f school district
reform s that have not worked, but
instead contributed to parents
sending their children to other
schools. This trend must stop.
The district should take steps
to improve the academic offerings
at Jefferson and support an envi-
ronment that will enable Jefferson
students to succeed.
Tony Hopson, à Jefferson gradu­
ate who leads the highly successful
public charter school Self Enhance­
ment, Inc., said it best, “The same
black and white children and fami­
lies who shop on Alberta and Mis­
sissippi and walk their dogs through
Unthank Park and who live in the
Jefferson neighborhood will at­
tend Jefferson when the district
finally respects the neighborhood
enough to provide the appropri­
ate long-term resources, when it
hires quality leadership, when it
provides a rigorous curriculum ,
when it changes the boundaries
and when it lets those o f us who
know how to cross racial lines to
support, enhance and motive all
children have the full opportunity
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June 16, 2010
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to do so.”
We sim ply cannot support this
latest plan that closes Jefferson
High School as a neighborhood
school. The superintendent’s plan
to downscale Benson High School
as a four-year school into a spe­
cialized tw o-year program also
comes on the backs o f P ortland’s
m inority and lower incom e popu­
lations. Benson has been a suc­
c e ss fu l p ro g ra m fo r A fric a n
A m ericans and others for genera­
tions and should get the board’s
full support.
The Portland School Board is
scheduled to vote on the proposals
for reconfigurating high schools on
Monday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at the
Blanchard Education Service Cen­
ter, 501 N. Dixon.
There will be a public signup
period. The Portland Observer en­
courages you to make your opinion
known by attending this meeting
and by contacting the board and
superintendent through the follow­
ing telephone numbers and emails:
Superintendent Carole Smith,
carolesm ith@ pps.kl2.or.us; Board
of Education, Phone: 503-916-3741,
FAX: 503-916-3100; Ruth Adkins,
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