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The prosaic reasons behind school closures

States Newsroom · October 29, 2026

Memo to the Oregon Legislature: The increasingly raucous battle over plans for public schools — mainly elementaries — in the Portland School District makes for a good reason for never making school district elections partisan. The realities of this debate are intensely practical. School boards in only five states…

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The prosaic reasons behind school closures

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