In this file photo from 2011, Malia Wasson (center), who was then the Oregon president of U.S. Bank, takes part in the Principal for Almost a Day event at Roosevelt High in North Portland.Fred Joe © 2011
Several hundred well-heeled Portlanders flocked to the Portland Art Museum last month to rub elbows and raise their paddles for All Hands Raised, the educational equity nonprofit that’s long been a fixture in the city’s philanthropic scene.
Only a handful of those in the audience at the glitzy, $1,750-per-table benefit knew that the leaders of six Multnomah County school districts and the region’s education service district had quietly severed ties with the organization 2 ½ months earlier.
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