Portland School Board members appear poised to approve the One North development as a home for the Center for Black Student Excellence.

A Tuesday night presentation on Portland Public Schools’ completed due diligence report revealed some additional details, most centered on programming at the CBSE. Voters in 2020 approved a school bond that included $60 million for the proposed center, which is meant to improve Black student achievement. (The district has stressed that the CBSE will be accessible to all of its students.)

The presentation on Tuesday came after a heated debate at the Nov. 10 meeting of the facilities committee , when School Board members sparred about whether that committee should hear about the district’s findings. A feasibility study posted Nov. 10 had previously con

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