WEST LINN, Ore. — Some parents in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District say they feel blindsided — just a few weeks after voters approved a $190 million bond for the district — as the district is now recommending closing multiple schools.

On Tuesday night at Meridian Creek Middle School, families spoke out at a listening session with school officials before a board vote on Dec. 8.

Community members said that the district previously promised not to re-visit the idea of school closures for at least two years.

The K-12 public school system, with more than 9,000 enrolled, had proposed closing the three primary schools with the lowest number of students to cut costs: Bolton, Cedaroak Park and Stafford Primary School. But in January, the school board had voted unanimously to keep all p

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