New Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong
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Kimberlee Armstrong, the new Portland Public Schools superintendent, smiles as the school board welcomes her to the district during a special meeting Wednesday morning, June 5, 2024.
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“Absolutely, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All kinds of yes. Excited yes. Exclamation points, yes,” says Herman Greene, board vice chair for Portland Public Schools, as he casts his vote to approve Kimberlee Armstrong as the new PPS superintendent during a special meeting Wednesday morning, June 5, 2024, at the PPS offices in Portland, Ore.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, left, tours Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School with Principal Teresa Seidel, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong visits a Pre-K classroom at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
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“It’s so wonderful to see a superintendent that looks like me,” says parent and school parent-teacher vice president Nikki Sandoval, left, as she meets the new Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, right, as Armstrong toured Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. Sandoval has three children attending MLK, including her son Romero, 10, center.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong visits a Pre-K classroom at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, right, watches a performance by the drill team at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. Also attending are the PPS school board Vice Chair Herman Greene, left, and Chair Gary Hollands, center.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, left, answers questions from students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, right, answers student questions at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore. Also attending are the PPS school board Vice Chair Herman Greene, left, and Chair Gary Hollands, center.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong tours Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
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Portland Public Schools Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong talks with fifth-grade students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, June 5, 2024, in Portland, Ore.
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Members of the Portland Public Schools school board gather around the new Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, center, at the PPS offices in Portland, Ore., June 5, 2024.
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Portland Public Schools Board Chair Gary Hollands takes a selfie with the PPS board and new Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong, before a special meeting Wednesday morning, June 5, 2024 at the PPS offices in Portland.
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Kimberlee Armstrong is voted in as the new Portland Public Schools superintendent, at a special meeting of the school board, June 5, 2024, at the PPS offices in Portland, Ore.
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