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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Big Questions for Harriet Tubman Middle School Property
Description: Full text: Portland’s Harriet Tubman Middle School might be on the move.
The Oregonian reported last week that Portland Public Schools’ board demanded the state pay for the relocation of the school away from the I-5 corridor. PPS claims emissions from the freeway endanger the health of Tubman students, though it’s unclear why they didn’t express the same care and urgency when Tubman reopened back in 2018.
At first blush, it seems everyone walks away happy. PPS gets a new school. ODOT gets its freeway widening. Never mind that Oregon taxpayers from Coos Bay to P...