As Oregon districts face budget squeezes, school closures loom – By Julia Silverman (The Oregonian/OregonLive) / April 12, 2024
School districts all around Oregon will roll out strategies in the coming weeks to cope with tight budgets for the upcoming school year, from cutting teachers to dipping deeply into reserve funds.
Only a handful plan to close and consolidate schools — for now.
But the few planned closures that have been announced thus far are canaries in the proverbial coal mine, said Kraig Sproles, superintendent of the Bethel School District on Eugene’s outskirts.
