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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 2018)
Honoring Marshall Haskins ‘City of Roses’ Volume XLVII • Number 5 MLK tribute to PIL athletic director See story, page 7 www.portlandobserver.com Wednesday • January 31, 2018 Dream Center Opens New resource for students facing barriers See Local News, page 3 Established in 1970 Committed to Cultural Diversity Photo by d anny P eterson /t he P ortland o bserver Deep community ties and a personal connection to the neighborhood helps Natasha Butler understand the needs as she plans for the reopening of Harriet Tubman Middle School. Butler is the planning principal for the north Portland school which is scheduled to open this fall. Tubman’s Revival Educator with deep community ties plans school’s future by d anny P eterson t he P ortland o bserver Natasha Butler’s extensive resume and experience in education and school administration might make her more than qualified as the planning principal for the re-opening of Harriet Tubman Middle School this fall. But the personal connection she has to the area and the north Portland school in particular can’t be replicated in just anybody’s repertoire. Butler sees the opportunity to strengthen commu- nity ties and support for a robust program at Tubman. The plans are part of a larger effort by Portland pub- lic Schools to bring equal access and quality academic programs to schools across the district. “I have two younger brothers that were in education that actually attended Harriet Tubman. And my dad owned a business right on Williams Avenue. And so as a result of that, I used to come to Harriet Tubman quite C ontinued on P age 5
