Humboldt Neighborhood Association General Meeting
April 10, 2012
Board Members Present: Paul Anthony, Brooke Chilton Timmons, Mike Salmond, Will Villota Brian Murtagh, Dave Ketah
Board Members Absent: Susan O’Connor, Breanne Antonious, Isa Dean
- Steve Jacquot from North Portland Precinct
- In & Out Market now seems to be in compliance (not selling things that could be used in a drug trade, limiting types of alcohol)
- New Street Crimes Unit out of North Precinct- Two Officers and a Sergeant, few hundred arrests- an email/note to the Commander would be great if the new unit is appreciated or if residents notice a positive difference
- Lots of car break-ins in March, especially between 4:00 and 8:00 pm
- Questions from resident: Is it possible to find out the demographics of people who are being arrested?
- Those things are tracked. Officer Jacquot does not have those statistics with him tonight- Paul will get that information for the group
- Is it possible for more warnings to be given rather than fines/arrests?
- Sounds as if the fines/arrests are happening for repeat offenders
- Concern from resident: Increased drug traffic being pushed off Killingsworth into the residential streets, happens during the lunch hour- may be high school students?
- Anika Berry and Lizzie Medford from Catlin Gable
- Urban Studies class- I-5 corridor, more people in the neighborhood could mean more pollution, Columbia River Crossing – high density housing
- Gathering information from residents about their opinions/awareness about the health effects of pollution – have been distributing surveys
- Hoping to present final product to the City Council
- Discussion with Representative Lew Frederick regarding Humboldt Elementary Closure
- The situation is fluid, a lot of ideas are floating around right now
- Best information right now is that the School Board plans to close Humboldt and merge the school population with Boise-Elliot, with potentially some students going to King
- One idea has been to create an Early Learning Center at Humboldt spurred by the Governor’s Early Education Plan
- Think closing Humboldt is a bad idea
- Why are families choosing not to send their kids to Humboldt
- Families don’t have confidence in what will happen there in a couple of years- historically there have been many changes
- The situation is fluid, a lot of ideas are floating around right now
- 90% Students of Color, 96% FRL- Neighborhood boundaries are 70% White Students
- Neighborhood Association could demand that something good happen for the kids of this community
- Stop the school from becoming surplus property- Kenton Elementary School- leased to De La Salle and Collinsview leased to Riverdale
- School District continues to disrupt the program at the school
- School board needs to hear others talk about Humboldt, not just parents
- Meeting on Thursday night came about because none of the meetings were near to Humboldt
- Seems like there was very little thought put into the decisions and community involvement
- 25 students for every FTE- only 205 students currently enrolled
- Don’t have any support staff- the school board is saying that it is mathematically impossible for Humboldt to stay open
- Using the word “proposed,” but it seems like it’s a done deal
- Send a copy of your letters to news organizations
- Families need to see an advantage in sending their students to our neighborhood schools
- For it to be successful it needs to be a racially mixed community school
- Closing Tubman- Young Women’s Academy
- Program does extremely well- small classes, full science lab
- Again parents have been unsure if it will be open for the last 3 years
- Choice issue
- Whitest class at Humboldt is Pre-K, some stay for Kindergarten- many of those families aren’t even from the neighborhood
- Historically, Humboldt was part of the desegregation plan
- One of the possibilities is to create a middle school at Tubman
- K-8 programs primarily happen in poor neighborhoods, difference in Science Labs, elective choices
- Humboldt- working to close the achievement gap- seen phenomenal growth there
- Once something has been successful, the school board seems to close it
- Jefferson High School rename
- Haven’t had one Jefferson Alumni tell me that they want to rename the school
- Been having this conversation for 20 years
- This is not a primary issue for me at – much more concerned about having a true comprehensive high school
- LewFrederick.org- please let me hear from you
- Encourage your message to be about what you want this area to be in 5 years- what would we see?
- NECN- Schools Working Group
- Paul involved with starting this
- BES- Tree Planting along N. Missouri/I-5 Soundwall
- Approval of minutes: March HNA minutes approved
- Humboldt Board Election Process
- Needed: Chairperson, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Parliamentarian, Historian, three At-Large Positions
- NECN Announcements
- NECN Business Development Committee Forum- May 1, 2012
- Killingsworth Street Clean Up- April 21, 2012
- Humboldt Neighborhood Clean Up- April 28, 2012
- EMSWCD Naturescaping Class- May 19, 2012
- PCC Bond Advisory Committee- meeting with small group
- Jefferson Frontage Improvements look like they are going to happen
- Meeting Adjourned