alidacantor.bsky.social
Geographer, political ecologist, critical legal water energy resources, environmental justice. Associate Professor of Geography at Portland State University. Parent, feminist, union member, bike commuter. She/her.
👤 Joined on 21 July 2023
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@alidacantor.bsky.social@mayorkwilson.bsky.social misses the mark on PPS closures. “Economically thriving cities are forced to make fewer painful choices like the ones our community now faces.” Nearly every city is closing schools, incl. Seattle & San Diego! It’s a 50 year HOUSING crisis you’ve done nothing to address.
Show PostWild Portland Public School is allowing a Superintendent to come up with a right sizing plan when she ignores an outside audit recommendation to try to recoup overspending on the contractor who hired her daughter. www.wweek.com/news/schools...
Show PostPPS is proposing closing 14 elementary & middle schools. PPS and some school board members are PR documents with cherry picked data. Some questions & clarifications follow! Is this about savings? Listening to PPS board chair on TOL on @opb.org & he is going back to $. Thread follows…
Show PostMeetup spots to ride to the Sunnyside Piazza (SE 33 & Yamhill) on Friday Oct 16 SE 41st & Taylor: leave by 8:15 SE 28th & Pine: leave by 8:15 SE 23rd & Taylor: leave by 8:15 SE 29th & Taylor: leave by 8:20 (the above two routes merge) SE 34th & Clinton: leave by 8:15 See you there on your bike! 🚲❤️
Show Post𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀! Sunnyside Bike Bus invites everyone Friday Oct 16 Routes converge @ SE 33 & Yamhill) by 8:25AM to bike together around the school. Why? New school boundaries mean kids must travel MILES to school. The share of kids living w/in 1 mile of Sunnyside drops from 96.8% to 65.5%
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