December 19, 2018
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The
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Marsha Williams (from left), Kali Thorne Ladd, and Zalika Gardner are co-founders of KairosPDX,
a public charter school in north Portland that was created in 2012 for the purpose of closing the
achievement gap for underserved and minority students.
Achieving Success
KairosPDX school organization earns high praise
M ETRO
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The organization behind a ma-
jority black charter school that is
proving successful by using evi-
dence-based teaching methods to
close the achievement gap, and
one that has been waged in a bat-
tle to keep its lease with Portland
Public Schools, has been named
a city leader for promoting civil
rights and ending discrimination.
KairosPDX, operating a K-5 el-
ementary out of the former Hum-
boldt school at 4915 N. Gantenbe-
in Ave., was named an outstanding
community organization for 2018
by Portland’s Human Rights
Commission in the city’s Office
of Equity and Human Rights. The
award is named after Emily G.
Gottfried, a former Human Rights
Commissioner and community
leader who died in 2013.
Kairos PDX co-founder and
executive director Kali Thorne
Ladd called the recognition that the
school is receiving “humbling” and
took the opportunity to thank the
community at large for the award.
“This work on behalf of chil-
dren has been a phenomenal jour-
ney thus far and we are so grate-
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Consultant Quits Police Reform Panel
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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A black consultant with ex-
pertise in building partnerships
between police and the com-
munity has stepped down from
a new community panel formed
to help oversee police reforms in
the city of Portland.
Brandon
Lee
resigned
from the group and gave up a
$100,000 consulting contract the
city granted to him and his wife,
who run Training 4 Transfor-
mation, after complaining that
an idividual committee member
was racially hostile to him and
created a hostile work environ-
ment, according to a story in the
Brandon Lee
Oregonian.
It means a rocky start for the
police reform panel, reinstated
with new members after going
idle two years ago when the
first committee dissolved in ac-
rimony amid the exit of justice
reform leaders and committee
members who served the group.
According to the report, the
mayor’s office tried to resolve
the current dispute by coordi-
nating mediation to resolve the
issues between parties, but the
offer was rejected by Lee. At the
time, the husband and wife con-
sulting group was also trying to
increase the money the city paid
for its services, records show.