August 29, 2018
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Photo by d anny P eterson /t he P ortland o bserver
Tubman Middle School Principal Natasha Butler has a hug for arriving students on the first day
of classes Monday for the newly opened and renovated middle school campus serving Portland’s
historic African American community.
ENTERTAINMENT
Renovated Tubman Opens
School bell rings
for two new
middle schools
d anny P eterson
t he P ortland o bserver
The first day of the new school
year Monday saw the opening
of two new middle schools serv-
ing diverse populations in north
and northeast Portland—Harriet
Tubman and Roseway Heights—
serving 1,000 of the district’s
50,000 students from historically
underserved communities. Tub-
man’s opening as a fully refur-
bished middle school was much
celebrated by many members of
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the black community and school
leaders. Prior to this week, the
school had been dormant for half
a decade.
To promote the district’s re-
newed citywide effort to bring
equal access and quality academic
programs to its students, Superin-
tendent Guadalupe Guerrero, who
is entering his second year at the
helm of Portland Public Schools,
toured four schools Monday
morning.
His visits culminated at Tub-
man, where he was joined by
Mayor Ted Wheeler, School
Board Chair Rita Moore, and
Portland’s teacher union president
Suzanne Cohen. Guerrero also
visited the new Roseway Heights
Middle School in northeast Port-
land,
Llewellyn
Elementary
School in southeast Portland and
Ockley Green Middle School in
north Portland.
Before African American ad-
vocates fought to first get Tubman
opened as Portland’s only middle
school in the black community
back in 1983, most black kids in
north and northeast Portland were
bused to other middle schools out-
side their community.
Though the school has faced de-
lays in its opening due to suspect-
ed air quality issues, it now boasts
a new air ventilation system meant
to thwart pollutants from the near-
by I-5 freeway, which was recent-
ly tested and found to be unsafe.
Sewer Work Impacts Killingsworth
The Portland Bureau of En-
vironmental Services advises
the traveling public that a sewer
construction project will involve
periodic lane closures on North-
east Killingsworth Street between
Martin Luther King Boulevard
and Eighth Avenue for about two
months beginning this week.
The construction will occur
during day and night hours, but
not during the evening rush hour
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. or on Sun-
days or holidays. One lane will be
maintained at all times. The trav-
eling public is required to follow
signage and directions of flaggers
when present.
People traveling by motor ve-
hicle or bicycle should expect
delays during construction, share
the road and travel with caution,
officials said.
The work is part of the Wood-
lawn-King Streets Sewer Repair
project to repair or replace over
three miles of public sewer pipes
that are on average 90 years old
and in deteriorating condition.
The project will protect the public
and environment by reducing the
possibility of sewage releases to
homes, businesses, and streets.