Centennial School District (Oregon)

Centennial School District 28J is a school district in the U.S. state of Oregon, with an enrollment of approximately 6,700 students.[1] Its headquarters are in Gresham, with a Portland postal address.[2]

Within Multnomah County, the district includes sections of Gresham and southeast Portland.[3] Within Clackamas County, the district includes portions of Portland, Happy Valley, and the census-designated place of Damascus.[4]

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.[5]

Schools

Elementary schools (K-5)

  • Butler Creek
  • Meadows
  • Parklane
  • Patrick Lynch
  • Pleasant Valley
  • Powell Butte

Middle schools (6-8)

  • Centennial Middle School
  • Oliver Middle School

High schools (9-12)

Closed schools

  • Oliver Elementary School (Converted to Oliver Middle)

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. Lynch Wood transitioned from Lynch Wood Elementary to Wood Elementary, then after a vote, Powell Butte Elementary. Lynch Meadows only removed Lynch from their name, and have left it as Meadows Elementary School.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Centennial". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "Home". Centennial School District. Retrieved May 20, 2023. 18135 SE Brooklyn St Portland, OR 97236
    Compare the address to the map of Gresham: "Gresham Community Plan Map". City of Gresham. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  3. ^ U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Multnomah County, OR (PDF) (Map). 1:184,230. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  4. ^ U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Clackamas County, OR (PDF) (Map). 1:204,700. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009" (PDF). The Oregonian. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
  6. ^ "Name 'Lynch' Removed From Schools After Word Deemed Offensive". CBS 11 KTVT. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

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