OSBA and local board members Bobbie Regan and LeeAnn Larsen gave legislators what may have been their first glimpse of “The Promise of Oregon” campaign during committee testimony Dec. 10. Regan (OSBA vice president, Portland Public Schools Board) and Larsen (OSBA Board member, Beaverton School Board) joined Jim Green (OSBA deputy executive director, and aRead More

The “Promise” campaign continues to attract media attention around the state. These recent articles highlight the accomplishments of students in Klamath Falls and Sublimity, and include perspectives from local board members: http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/the-promise-of-oregon/article_5557eeb4-781f-11e4-8045-4ff53e603d43.html http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/stayton/2014/11/26/community-schools-cultivate-promise-oregon/19516987/

Gov. Kitzhaber unveiled his proposed budget for 2015-17 on Monday, including $6.9 billion for the State School Fund (SSF). The proposed total is about $250 million more than the final SSF budget for the current biennium, but includes funding for all-day kindergarten, which most Oregon public schools will institute in the fall of 2015. “ThisRead More

The Baker School District and Baker High School have embraced “The Promise of Oregon” campaign in a big way. Two weeks after the campaign’s official launch, Baker High is already featuring a local student on its high school web page at http://bhs.baker.k12.or.us/pages/Baker_HS. Senior Tanya O’Neal describes herself as “The Promise of Baker” because “I wantRead More