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June 28, 2017
Former School Manager Hired
McCoy
Academy
Clarification:
McCoy Academy normally
enrolls 15 students in their
program for at-risk youth
with as many students on
the wait list. With 10 stu-
dents graduating this year,
there are five students left
to join the incoming class
next fall if the school can be
saved. “We really need help
at this point,” school exec-
utive Rebecca Black said,
in clarifying the enrollment
numbers from an article in
last week’s issue. The 25
year old McCoy Academy
building site on Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Bou-
levard is slated for demoli-
tion and the academy must
move in the next few days.
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An experienced personnel
manager who last month re-
signed as chief human resourc-
es officer for Portland Public
Schools started work Monday
as the new human resources di-
rector for Prosper Portland, the
former Portland Development
Commission.
Sean Murray brings a depth
and breadth of public HR expe-
rience, said Kimberly Branan,
executive director of Prosper
Portland “We look forward to Sean Murray
Victim’s Credit Card Stolen
A homeless man charged with
stealing a backpack and wedding
ring from one of the victims of a
double murder on a MAX train last
month is now facing a new charge
of identity theft. George Elwood
Tschaggeny, 53, was charged last
week for stealing a credit card
from the victim to make 5 charges
on the day he was killed.
The
his expertise in HR best prac-
tices, his strategic thinking, and
leadership as we continue our
focus on being an equitable,
innovative, financially stable
agency. “
Murray formerly directed a
team of 45 human resource pro-
fessionals that supported more
than 7,000 employees for the
Portland School District. Prior
to that role, he was HR manager
for the Portland Police Bureau.
He also was a labor relations co-
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Brown Family Settles
The family of Michael Brown,
the teenager whose fatal shooting
in Ferguson, Missouri by a white
Mother, Son Shooting Arrest police officer sparked outrage and
A 23-year-old man was arraigned days of protest, settled its lawsuit
Monday on charges of shooting a last week against the city for $1.5
Gresham mother and her 9-year- million dollars.
old son last month. Nakiem Brown
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