SWNI Schools Committee

"It's time we got a piece of the pie."
--Good Times

Dear Reader, I want to invite you to join SWNI Schools Committee here on Facebook. Our teachers and staff need community support and we want to help identify which problems are the most urgent and why. Please remember we are here for all schools, public and private.

Left Behind: Portland’s Black and Latino students shortchanged from the earliest grades, belying pledge to put them first More than two years after district leaders promised to make progress for Black and Latino students their “north star,” Portland Public Schools has largely failed to fix the systemic problems that hurt students of color, an investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive shows.

Teachers will need to be vaccinated, but there are delays in getting sufficient doses according to the OHA.

Gov. Kate Brown wants Oregon kids back on campus Feb. 15, but many teachers won’t be vaccinated by then Oregon education and health officials say school staff won't be vaccinated until late February, putting reopening goals in doubt for some districts.