A handful of schools in Oregon’s largest district have devolved into chaos as Portland Public Schools tries to embrace less punitive approaches toward discipline.
Source: Culture of chaos: How Portland school bosses fail some K-8 schools | OregonLive.com
“Many parents‘ complaints center on the school’s overall climate, which they say is disruptive and too often violent and feels out of control. The school’s enrollment dropped by 30 students from fall 2015 to fall 2016, and at least 11 more students have been pulled out since then.
…Last week, the senior director who oversees the school, Lisa McCall, and her boss, Assistant Superintendent Antonio Lopez professed ignorance of or downplayed the problems that have left parents, students and teachers distraught at the school’s disrespectful climate and poor learning environment.”
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