波特兰学区拟关停最多14所学校 董事会会议遭数百名家长师生抗议
波特兰公立学区（PPS）正考虑关闭多达14所学校。学区于10月5日（周一）晚公布了两套整合方案，并于10月6日（周二）在学区董事会会议上正式提出。会议现场被挤得水泄不通：可容纳约300人的会议室早早满员，家长、学生和教师排队准备进行数小时的证言陈述，部分示威者一度涌过总部入口的阻拦，更多人在场外高喊口号，手举“保留学校”的标语。
根据方案A，学区将关闭14所学校，包括13所小学和Sellwood中学；方案B关闭11所学校。两套方案还涉及调整学区边界、迁移教学项目，合计可能影响学区81所学校中的42所；7所K-8学校将改为K-5学校，双语沉浸式项目将整合搬迁但不会取消。第三种选项则是推迟决定、维持现状。学区提出关校的背景是严峻的财政与生源形势：学区面临约6500万美元的预算缺口，自新冠疫情开始以来入学人数已下降约12%（约6000名学生），预测未来十年还将再流失近6000人，而学区运营的校舍数量却没有减少，导致资源摊薄。
学区总监金伯莉·阿姆斯特朗（Kimberlee Armstrong）表示，关校是为了让学校组合的规模与生源相匹配，让保留下来的学校能提供更完整的课程与服务。反对的家长则要求学区寻找其他解法，担心关校会造成新的问题。据安排，学区将在11月继续听取公众意见，阿姆斯特朗预计于11月17日提出正式建议，董事会12月投票表决；如获通过，变动将于2027-28学年生效。
资料来源：KXL电台；The Portland Focal
Portland Schools Weigh Closing Up to 14 Campuses; Hundreds Pack Board Meeting in Protest
Portland Public Schools is considering closing as many as 14 schools under two consolidation scenarios released on Monday, October 5, and formally presented to the school board on Tuesday, October 6. The board meeting was packed to capacity: the roughly 300-seat room filled early as parents, students and teachers lined up for hours of testimony, demonstrators pressed past an attempted hold at the district headquarters entrance, and more protesters chanted outside carrying signs urging the district to keep schools open.
Scenario A would close 14 schools — 13 elementary schools and Sellwood Middle School — while Scenario B would close 11. Together with boundary changes and program relocations, the plans could affect up to 42 of the district's 81 schools; seven K-8 schools would become K-5 schools, and dual-language immersion programs would be consolidated but not eliminated. A third option would defer the decision. The district faces a budget shortfall of about $65 million, and enrollment has fallen roughly 12% — about 6,000 students — since the start of the pandemic, with forecasts projecting nearly 6,000 more lost over the next decade.
Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong has defended the plan as matching the district's school portfolio to its enrollment. The district will gather public input through November; Armstrong is expected to deliver her recommendation on November 17, the board is set to vote in December, and any approved changes would take effect in the 2027-28 school year.
Source: KXL Radio; The Portland Focal
图片来源：图：波特兰公立学区富兰克林高中校舍与运动场。摄影：Architect21c，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
