PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland School Superintendent Carole Smith says the district needs to eliminate 110 teaching jobs and 38 administrative jobs and to close two small schools and make other cuts to balance the budget for the coming year.
She made the recommendations to the school board Monday as she proposed a $429 million budget, which is about 2 percent less than the current budget.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/TtfIZD ) Smith would close two schools this summer — the Humboldt School and the Young Women’s Academy, which have fewer than 250 students.
Smith also proposes cuts in specialists for high-poverty schools. Teacher training and textbook purchases would be cut along with the outdoor school program for sixth-graders and high school golf teams.
