A PowerPoint in the Grant High School auditorium cycled through slide after slide last week of alarming statistics. Fifty percent of students at Grant have consumed alcohol within the last year. Three of 10 Grant students consumed alcohol or used drugs by themselves. Nearly a quarter of students admitted getting into a car with a driver who was under the influence of intoxicants. The gathering in the auditorium was sponsored by administrators and…

After a series of proposals to change school boundary zones, Portland Public Schools is anticipating a change.

It was a chilly October morning, and thirty or so Grant community members were huddled around a breakfast spread at the BESC PPS building. Teachers, parents, students, and neighbors alike were eager to begin a long bus ride to Seattle. The Design Advisory Group is a committee that meets every few weeks to discuss Grant’s upcoming modernization. I am a member of the group. This day was different than normal meetings, as we…

  The Grant High School men’s soccer team suffered a close loss Tuesday to West Salem, knocking the Generals out of the second round of the OSAA playoffs. After the 1-0 loss, many members of the Grant team lay face down on the field. “I just couldn’t believe it was over and everything was gone,” said junior Takumi Hebert. “I just wanted one more game with those seniors. I just wanted to play one…