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H onoring V eterans
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A contingent of Buffalo Soldiers participates in a prior Ross Hollywood Chapel Veterans Day Parade.
The annual event returns to Northeast Sandy Boulevard on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 9:45 a.m.
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Honoring Service
40th annual
Veterans Day
Parade slated
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R o ss H o lly w o o d C h ap el w ill
sp o n so r the V e teran ’s D ay parade
T uesday, N ov. 11. T he 40th annual
parade will start at 9:45 a.m. at N orth
east 40th A venue and T illam ook
15,000 H ungarian-Jew ish prisoners.
T ony S tarlig h t w ill h o st a variety
show fo r veterans and th eir fam ilies
Street and en d s at the flagpole in at the H ollyw ood T h eater follow ing
front o f the chapel on N ortheast the parade. P rovidence H ealth &
48th A venue and Sandy B oulevard. S ervices and the H o lly w o o d N eigh
W orld W ar II veteran and O r borhood A ssociation are sp onsor
egon native, retired B rig ad ier G en ing the show , w hich is free and open
eral Jam es. B. T hayer, w ill be the to the public.
g ran d m arshal o f this y e a r’s parade,
T he public is w elcom e and e n
sharing his experiences from h av couraged to attend the parade and
ing helped liberate the G unskirden support local veterans. For m ore
L ag er concentration cam p in A u s in f o r m a t io n ,
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Transfers Destabilize Schools
ENTCDTÀINMENT
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C lassifieds
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T he P ortland School D istrict needs to am end its
en ro llm en t and transfer policies to m ake them m ore
eq u itab le fo r all students, according to a volunteer
co m m ittee that has been studying the issue.
A co m m ittee report issued T uesday found that the
d istric t’s cu rren t student tran sfer polices have d esta
bilized the school system in all grades ex p ect high
school, helping create inequities and exacerbating
patters o f segregation by race and class.
To address the disparities and im prove program s and
outcom es for all students, the Superintendent’s A dvi
sory C om m ittee for Enrollm ent and T ransfer is recom -
m ending an end to neighborhood-to-neighborhood
lottery transfers; im plem enting a quality review process
for focus option schools; and continuing the district’s
support for dual-language im m ersion program s.
T he recom m endations represent nearly tw o years
o f w ork for the volunteers, w ho researched district
policies, exam ined issues around enrollm ent and trans
fers, and m et w ith parents, principals, and stakeholder
groups, including m em ber organizations o f the C o ali
tions o f C om m unities o f C olor, Special E ducation
parents and educators and Dual L anguage Im m ersion
P rogram educators.
$ 15 Minimum Wage Victories Hit Portland
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B usiness
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“P ortland Jobs w ith Ju stice” and the group “ 15 N ow
P D X ” are celebrating tw o m ilestones in raising w ages
fo r w orkers.
A s part o f a larger package o f gains w on in th eir first
lab o r contract w ith the city, seasonally hired park
rangers will see a m inim um w age o f $ 15.83, up from $ 12
an hour.
H om e Forw ard, form erly know n as the Portland
H ousing A uthority, also an n o u n ced recently that
they w ill begin paying all em ployees a m inim um o f $ 15
an hour.
R ight now , the local ch ap ter o f the A m erican F ed
eration o f State, C ounty, and M unicipal E m ployees are
dem anding a $ 15 m inim um w age as well. M ore unions
are ex p ected to push for the $ 15 m inim um w age in the
near future as these cases reach the public eye.