From almost closed to reinvestment: Portland’s Metropolitan Learning Center makes its case for K-12 alternative education

From almost closed to reinvestment: Portland’s Metropolitan Learning Center makes its case for K-12 alternative education

At the beginning of February, Portland’s K-12 alternative Metropolitan Learning Center was set to close its high school. According to The Oregonian, which first reported the news, the district said the decision was due in part to “sustained under-enrollment”. The school community felt blindsided. “The way they rolled it out was really, I will say, harmful to families, and so the reaction was very strong,” said Liz Buelow, who teaches English to …