Natalie Pate
Education Reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting
Education reporter @OPB, sometimes @NPR. @WUCollegian consultant. Hosted 'On the Outside' youth w/ incarcerated parents podcast. @IRE_NICAR mentor. (She/Ella)
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
opb.org | Natalie Pate
Over the next seven days, Oregon voters will decide who they want to lead their local school districts. School boards make key decisions that impact 197 districts and more than half a million students across the state. Parents, school staff and taxpayers all have a stake in these elections, if nothing else, because our tax money pays for public education. Oregon school board positions are unpaid and voluntary.
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3 weeks ago |
opb.org | Natalie Pate
In just over a week, Portland voters will decide whether to keep supporting property taxes to pay for building improvements in Oregon’s largest school district. If the proposed bond measure passes on May 20, it would authorize a continuation of property taxes, paying for building construction, health and safety efforts, and new technology for the district’s more than 43,500 students. The exterior of a building of the Lincoln High School in Portland, Ore., on April 17, 2025.
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1 month ago |
heraldandnews.com | Natalie Pate
School districts, large and small, are facing another year of multi-million-dollar budget deficits. And this time around, it’s compounded by uncertain federal funding. Portland Public Schools — Oregon’s largest district — is bracing for roughly $43 million in reductions for the 2025-26 school year. kAm%96 =@42= E62496CD F?:@? 92D AFD965 324< 2D E96 %:82C5\%F2=2E:? $49@@= s:DEC:4E A=2?D E@ >2<6 4FED 27764E:?8 5@K6?D @7 65F42E@CD ?6IE J62C]k^AmkAmp?5 #6J?@=5D $49@@= s:DEC:4E[ :?
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1 month ago |
opb.org | Natalie Pate
A desk in the hallway of David Douglas High School in Portland on September 6, 2023. Oregon school districts grapple with budget woes in 2025 as federal funding hangs in the balanceSchool districts, large and small, are facing another year of multi-million-dollar budget deficits. And this time around, it’s compounded by uncertain federal funding. Portland Public Schools — Oregon’s largest district — is bracing for roughly $43 million in reductions for the 2025-26 school year.
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1 month ago |
opb.org | Natalie Pate
In November 2020, Portland Public Schools asked voters to support a $1.2 billion bond to fund continued work modernizing the district’s high schools. In addition to the funds for schools, investments in technology and other upgrades, the bond set aside money to create a new facility called the Center for Black Student Excellence.
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