Portland school board members weigh pros, cons of transparency as they launch superintendent search

Portland Superintendent Search

School board chair Gary Hollands, in foreground, with former Portland Public Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero. Hollands is calling for full transparency in the search for Guerrero's successor. (Beth Conyers/Portland Public Schools).Beth Conyers/Portland Public Schools

By the end of this week, the window to apply to lead Oregon’s largest school district will open, kicking off a superintendent selection process that’s scheduled to wrap up by late May.

But Portland Public Schools board members are still wrangling over how transparent that process should be.

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