November 11, 2015
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Week in Review
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M ETRO
A time capsule is planted during Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Open School East, a new
alternative school in the Rosewood and Rockwood neighborhoods of Gresham serving kids where
poverty has spiked.
Open School Meets Need
New campus to
serve kids in poverty
Gov. Kate Brown broke ground
on Open School East on Thursday,
a new private alternative school
in the Rosewood and Rockwood
neighborhoods of Gresham that
will serve many students of color
and families in poverty.
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ENTERTAINMENT
“We think that proven, effec-
tive models like Open School are
paving the way in demonstrat-
ing how our systems can meet
students where they are,” Gov.
Brown said. “I believe that pro-
grams like Open School will en-
able all of our students to soar.”
Open School East is a 7th-12th
grade college-prep school for
the kids who have fallen the fur-
thest behind. The school formal-
ly was called Open Meadow, the
non-profit alternative school that
was founded in north Portland in
1971 and still serves the commu-
nity.
The east Multnomah county
location started with a class of
46 in 2014 and will serve 270
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Chip Shields Won’t Run Again
Lawmaker to
stop down;
Frederick to run
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O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
F OOD
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by M iChael l eighton
t he P ortland o bserver
A Portland lawmaker who rose
from a local non-profit helping
former inmates transition back
into productive lives to later be-
coming a State Representative and
then State Senator announced Fri-
day he will be giving up his legis-
lative duties at the end of his term
next year.
Chip Shields has represented
north and northeast Portland as
a Democrat in Senate District 22
since 2009. He was first elected to
political office as a State Repre-
Chip Shields
Lew Frederick
sentative in 2005 after serving as from its offices on Northeast Mar-
the former director of Better Peo- tin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
ple, the organization that serves a
“After serving over 10 years in
diverse clientele, especially from
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the African American community,