Nine-year-old Marlowe’s fourth grade year at Faubion PK-8 School in Northeast Portland is shaping up to be her best yet. That’s thanks, in large part, to the advocacy of Faubion parents, who campaigned to save her fourth grade class from the budget ax. Amid lower than expected enrollment numbers in Faubion’s fourth grade class, Portland Public Schools announced Sept. 4 it would dismantle one of the school’s fourth grade classes and move its teacher to kindergarten.
