Multnomah Education Service District (MESD) is an
education service district that coordinates school events and activities throughout the
school districts
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in
Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah County is one of the Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The stat ...
,
United States
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. Its administrative offices are located at 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle in
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
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Administration
The superintendent is Dr. Paul Coakley.
Districts
MESD operates through several school districts:
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Centennial School District
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Corbett School District
Corbett School District is a school district serving Corbett, Oregon
Corbett is an unincorporated community on the Columbia River in eastern Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway (a.k.a ...
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David Douglas School District
David Douglas School District No. 40 is a school district in eastern Portland, Oregon, United States. Its administrative offices are at 11300 NE Halsey St. Portland, OR 97220.
The district was formed in 1959 as a consolidation of the Gilbert, Po ...
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Gresham-Barlow School District
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Parkrose School District
The Parkrose School District is in Portland, Oregon. The district contains four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. It is a K–12 district with an enrollment of approximately 3,300 students .
The district includes sections ...
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Portland Public Schools
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Reynolds School District
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Riverdale School District
Schools
MESD also directly operates several schools:
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Arata Creek School -
Troutdale
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Burlingame Creek School -
Gresham
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Four Creeks School -
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
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Helensview High School -
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
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Knott Creek School -
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
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Riverside High School -
Albany
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Wheatley School -
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
Outdoor School

MESD also operates the Outdoor School
environmental education
Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discipli ...
program, serving roughly 7,000 6th-graders and 1,600 high-schoolers from throughout Multnomah County annually.
Anti-gay discrimination and retaliation
In 2015, the
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) is an agency in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is headed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industries, a nonpartisan, statewide elective office. The term o ...
found MESD to have engaged in discrimination and retaliation against
Brett Bigham, the 2014 Oregon Teacher of the Year, for being public about his sexual orientation. Brigham eventually agreed to a $140,000 settlement with the district.
See also
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List of school districts in Oregon
This is a list of public school districts in Oregon, a U.S. state. The Oregon Department of Education has authority over Public school (government funded), public schools. Oregon has 188 public school districts.
All school districts are independ ...
References
External links
ESD(official website)
Education in Portland, Oregon
Education in Multnomah County, Oregon
School districts in Oregon
Local government in Oregon
Education in Gresham, Oregon
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