February 6, 2013
Portland Observer
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Crestline Elmentary School in Vancouver is destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. (KGW photo)
Fire Displaces Students
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Students displaced by a devastating fire early Sun
day morning at Crestline Elementary School in
Vancouver will go back to class on Thursday and
spend the rest of the school year at five other el
ementary schools, school district officials announced
Monday.
Teachers and some 500 students were left without
a school after the 3:17 a.m. fire completely de-
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stroyed the building. Firefighters from Vancouver
and Portland battled the burning building at 13003
S.E. Seventh St.
One firefighter was treated at a local hospital and
released. There were no reports o f any other injuries.
Investigators have not been able to determine the
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Chief Joseph Elementary School in north Portland.
Chief Joseph Tops Closure List
Lastest plan gets a cold
shoulder from parents
A packed auditorium of parents and students at a
Portland School Board meeting Monday night pro
tested against a plan to merge Chief Joseph Elemen-
tary int°
Green Elementary. two north Portland
Superintendent Carole Smith made the recommenda-
tion as part of the district’s latest plan to bolster programs
at local schools by balancing enrollment in the cluster of
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