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Page 2 September 5, 2018 photo by D anny p eterson /t he p ortlanD o bserver Kali-Thorne Ladd, executive director and co-founder of KairosPDX, a public charter school working to close the achievement gap for black children, leads a press conference with supporters and students last week calling on Portland Public Schools to give the school stability by extending the district’s one year lease of the former Humboldt school site to five years. Supporting Tubman and KairosPDX Thursday meeting at SEI to build coalition ers to join them for a meeting on Thursday at Self Enhancement, Inc. to gather support for Tubman Middle School and KairosPDX Elementary, two public schools that serve African American stu- dents in north and northeast Port- b y D anny p eterson land. t he p ortlanD o bserver The open-to-the-public ses- Education advocates in Port- land’s black community are call- sion will be held at the non-profit ing on parents and other support- SEI center, 3920 N. 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The fate of KairosPDX, a ma- jority black charter school that uses evidence-based methods to increase learning outcomes, as well as incorporating a culturally specific curricula, has been up in C ontinueD on p age 14 The Week in Review campaign. Kaepernick has effec- tively been unemployed since he began kneeling during the nation- al anthem before games to protest racial injustice and police brutali- McCain Farewell a Rebuke ty in America. He claims he is be- A memorial service for the late ing formally blackballed from the Sen. John McCain on Saturday turned into a clear rebuke of Presi- league as a result of his protests. dent Donald Trump’s divisive pol- NAACP Against Kavanaugh itics as his daughter, two former The nation’s foremost civil rights presidents and political dignitaries organization mobilized against used their tributes to call for a re- Supreme Court Nominee Brett turn to civility. “The America of Kavanaugh Tuesday as hearings John McCain has no need to be on the nomination began in the made great again because Amer- Senate. “His views on voting ica was always great,” daughter rights, affirmative action, equal Meghan McCain said, setting the employment, fair housing, and tone for eulogies by Presidents criminal justice could shut the Barack Obama and George W. courthouse door on justice for a Bush. generation,” said NAACP Presi- Boat Ramp Murder Arrest dent Derrick Johnson. Portland Police Bureau gang en- Trump says No to Pay Raise forcement officers arrested Jamias President Donald Trump told law- L. Hart-Rasberry, 30, on murder makers on Thursday he was scrap- and drug charges Saturday in con- ping a planned pay raise for fed- nection with the Aug. 20 shooting eral workers, saying the nation’s death of Andre D. Pennington at budget couldn’t support it. In a the Gleasan Boat Ramp on Ma- letter to House and Senate leaders, rine Drive. Police are still asking Trump said the pay increase would for anyone who has a tip about the amount to $25 billion, which he ongoing investigation or has more described as “inappropriate.” information to contact them.
