Probation office based at an elementary school? Decades-old practice at Portland's King School questioned in era of increased school security | OregonLive.com

Probation office based at an elementary school? Decades-old practice at Portland's King School questioned in era of increased school security

Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 4:47 PM Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 5:03 PM

Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian
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Torsten Kjellstrand/The OregonianKing School in Northeast Portland is home to a county-run juvenile justice program that use the one-story office space (right) that adjoins the two-story school for students in prekindergarten through grade eight.

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In this era of heightened schoolhouse security, in which even longtime parent volunteers must undergo background checks, one Portland school stands out because its campus houses a youth probation program that draws teenage gang members with juvenile records.

King School, which serves students in prekindergarten through grade eight in Northeast Portland, leases office space at one end of the building to a Multnomah County community justice program that supervises youths who stole cars, possessed weapons, committed minor assaults, robbed someone or broke other laws. Most