North Clackamas School District

North Clackamas Schools
Location
Milwaukie, Oregon United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Dr. Shay James
Schools	33
Budget	$129 million
Students and staff
Students	17,260
Teachers	767
Staff	830
Colors	Electric Blue and Lime Green
Other information
Website	www.nclack.k12.or.us

North Clackamas School District (NC12) serves more than 40 square miles and is located 7 miles from downtown Portland. Included are the incorporated cities of Milwaukie, Happy Valley, and Johnson City, parts of Damascus, and the neighborhoods of Oak Grove, Concord, Clackamas, Sunnyside, Mount Scott, Southgate, and Carver. The North Clackamas School District 12 spends $8,053 per pupil in current expenditures. The district spends 59% on instruction, 38% on support services, and 4% on other elementary and secondary expenditures.^[1]

The North Clackamas School District 12 had a grades 9-12 dropout rate of 4% in 2008. The national grades 9-12 dropout rate in 2007 was 4.4%. In the North Clackamas School District 12, 13% of students have an IEP (Individualized Education Program). An IEP is a written plan for students eligible for special needs services. The North Clackamas School District 12 serves 14% English Language Learners (ELL). ELL students are in the process of acquiring and learning English Language skills.^[2]

The North Clackamas School District 12 has 20 students for every full-time equivalent teacher, with the Oregon state average being 19 students per full-time equivalent teacher.^[4]

Some students are in more than one category.^[5]

In the 2010-11 school year, the district had 344 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 2% of students in the district.^[6]

*Linwood enrollment includes students in Sojourner program

• Milwaukie El Puente (Bilingual Program)
• Sojourner (Multiple Intelligences)
• Riverside (Bilingual Program)

*Originally opened in 2010 in a different building. Current building was constructed in 1991.

*Current building built at a different time

**Includes MAA students

• Sabin-Schellenberg Center

• PACE (Parenting, Academics, Careers & Employment)

• Cascade Heights Public Charter School (K-8)
• Clackamas Middle College (9-12)
• Clackamas Web Academy (1-12)
• Milwaukie Academy of the Arts (9-12)
• New Urban High School (9-12)

• Milwaukie Junior High School (closed 2002)
• McLoughlin Middle School (closed 2003)
• Wichita Elementary School (closed 2010)
• Sunrise Middle School (Closed 2010)
• Campbell Elementary School (closed 2011)
• Clackamas Elementary School (closed 2011)
• Concord Elementary School (closed 2014)

The North Clackamas School District Board of Directors consists of seven local citizens, elected at large for four-year terms. The board's responsibility is to represent the community in giving direction and developing policies for the operation of the district, establishing educational goals and objectives, adopting a budget to carry out the programs of the district, and evaluating the programs of the district. The District Superintendent is Dr. Shay James.

The current board of directors consists of:^[9]

• April Dobson
• Kathy Wai, Vice Chair
• Paul Kemp
• Jena Beneloga, Chair
• Tory McVay
• Mitzi Bauer
• Glenn Watcher

In late 2022, following disruptions of a board meeting by parents claiming reverse discrimination and accusing the district having a pro-LGBTQ bias, meetings were moved online. Board member at the time Libra Forde stated that many parents no longer felt safe attending the meetings in person.^[10]

• List of school districts in Oregon

• North Clackamas School District (official website)
• North Clackamas Schools Introduction Film
• North Clackamas School District Education.com profile