With limited state money for summer school, some districts — including Portland — get skunked

Five students in a classroom cluster around the wiring for a science project.

Summer school students across Portland Public Schools experimented with math and science lessons that emphasize verbal, tactile and visual learning last year, like these students at Stephenson Elementary in Southwest Portland. The district didn't make the state's first cut for a share of summer school funding for 2024.Beth Nakamura

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Many Portland-area school districts are eligible for a slice of the $30 million that Oregon lawmakers recently set aside for summer school. But Portland Public Schools, the state’s largest district, didn’t make the cut, primarily because it is predominantly white and has relatively little child poverty.

Beaverton, Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Gresham-Barlow, David Douglas, Reynolds, Centennial and Parkrose are among the metro area districts that the state education agency designated as first in line to apply for the funding, which maxes out at $1.5 million per district.

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