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By Victoria Purvine. Corbett community member and past CSD school board member.   In a recent posting on a closed Facebook group called “Corbett Area” there were a lot of comments regarding hate and the final question posted to me was, why do some people hate every Su

Do charters skim the best students? “…Skimmers. Nice piece of rhetoric for those who want to take choices away from parents. Let’s not fall for it.” [ One of Bob Dunton’s Blogs on 8/29/2010 ] The Truth is… ” Dunton didn’t advertise the c

The Corbett School District was approved by Multnomah County for a community service permit that will increase the student population for the Corbett School district to an allowed total of 1,730 students and staff. The conditional use narrative originally submitted by Randy Trani (RT)

First phase of a $25 million dollar “need” ? Knowing that the school district has lost the last 3 bond attempts – it seems risky to ask for a bond that is now almost twice their last bond measure …. and three times the matching funds that CSD risks losing. Add

Boundary change proponents now gathering signatures on a petition to redistrict Corbett SD with Cascade Locks. George Fischer and Connie Kennedy, part of the Cascade Locks Charter School ( CLCS ) committee, have been attempting to get their Charter School off the ground for the past t

December 9, 2013 To: Randy Trani CC: All school board members and the Corbett Post As an audience member at the special board meeting on December 2, 2013, I feel there are important issues that must be addressed. The board confirmed, at this meeting, that they had no previous knowledg

Notes from the audio recording of the Superintendent’s statement and a letter in response to that statement sent to the Corbett School District Board of Directors from the Corbett SOS group can be found here. Part of his statement is transcribed here: ” I feel we have done all w

February 2009 The Charter School was created in 2009, you can read here for that information. Today the Charter School has a max occupancy of 510. Our local resident population has fluctuated over the past 20 years from just below 600-700 students. Select here for more about enrollmen

January 6, 2014 | To the Corbett School Board and Others, An invitation was presented to our school board members at the December  2nd, 2013 ( Corrected ) school board meeting, to attend an open forum at the Grange, sponsored by NEMCCA (NE Multnomah County Community Association). This

Corbett School District Special Board Meeting on May 23, 2016 Public Comments regarding questionable student content on campus in print and via movies being shown. This is an extension of the board meeting notes provided here: Full board meeting notes. Scott Trayhorn – Corbett p