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Oregon parents ask school board: ‘Please tax me’

Parents in Beaverton, Ore. are asking the school board to tax them more, the Huffington Post reports. One year after Beaverton voters rejected a local option levy that would have raised $14 million for schools [1], 344 school positions have been axed amid a large budget deficit and class sizes have ballooned. As a result, some classes number around 50 students, preventing teachers from offering one-on-one assistance. Teachers have been reshuffled to fill vacancies, often teaching subjects they have little or no experience in. “We’re experiencing our own hurricane [2],” parent Beth Estock told the Oregonian. Students are also concerned that they may not pass the International Baccalaureate exams after losing IB-trained teachers to transfers. Eighth grader Veronika Nagy tells the Oregonian that her math education is so hindered by a large class that her mom hired a math tutor — a laid off Beaverton teacher…

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