Centennial School District (Oregon)

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Centennial School District is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the cities of Gresham and southeast Portland, with an enrollment of approximately 6,700 students.[1]

Demographics[]

In the 2009 school year, the district had 109 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 1.6% of students in the district.[2]

Elementary schools[]

  • Butler Creek - Gresham
  • Meadows - Portland
  • Patrick Lynch - Portland
  • Powell Butte - Portland
  • Harold Oliver - Portland
  • Parklane- Portland
  • Pleasant Valley - Gresham

Middle schools[]

  • Centennial Middle School - Portland

High schools[]

School name controversy[]

On August 9, 2017, the Centennial School District Board voted in favor of renaming three of its elementary schools, Lynch Meadows, Lynch View, and Lynch Wood. The reason given behind the move was that the name "Lynch," the surname of a family that donated land for the schools over a hundred years earlier, reminded people of the act of lynching and racial connotations related to it. The board decided to change Lynch View's name to Patrick Lynch Elementary while Lynch Meadows and Lynch Wood would drop "Lynch" from their names pending a decision for new permanent names.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009" (PDF). The Oregonian. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  3. ^ "Name 'Lynch' Removed From Schools After Word Deemed Offensive". CBS 11 KTVT. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

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Coordinates: 45°30′05″N 122°28′34″W / 45.501426°N 122.475989°W / 45.501426; -122.475989


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