One full year after returning to school post-COVID, students of all ages faced unique challenges in an underfunded Portland Public School District.
Javi Paz poses with their dog, Poky, in their Southeast Portland home. Javi has autism and attends the Pioneer School in Portland. Pioneer School takes in students with learning, emotional and physical special needs. The school has come under scrutiny for lack of accountability in handling students.A student at David Douglas High School in Portland listens to first day of school instructions. Part of students' orientation is a mandatory lesson on what mental health resources the school offers.Two students at David Douglas High School wait in line for the counselor's office to receive class schedules.A student walks to class late at David Douglas High School in Portland.Interim principal Jorge Meza addresses parents, media and the Portland Public School Board about his start as principal at Cesar Chavez School in Portland.Students walk to class by the stair murals at Cesar Chavez School in Portland. A student walks through the breezeway outside of David Douglas High School.A lone student sits in the library in between classes at David Douglas High School.English teacher Heather Marshall gives her 11th-grade students a first-day lesson on class expectations at David Douglas High School. In her lesson, Marshall informed students about who the student council is and what they're doing for the student body. 
