Leslee Barnes, director of preschool and early learning at Multnomah County, submitted her resignation Thursday, effective immediately. Her resignation comes in the wake of a story WW published ...

Multnomah County’s Preschool for All director has resigned after her ties to a preschool provider accused of “wasteful” spending of state dollars called her credibility into question with her ...

Last week, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read released results of an Audits Division investigation that found four preschools squandered hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars meant to provide ...

A preschool in England has removed a book from their curriculum after children were exposed to illustrations of men kissing in bondage and transgender people with surgery scars. Parents voiced their ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - Governor Tina Kotek is calling for major changes to Multnomah County’s Preschool for All program, citing concerns over ineffective implementation, unspent funds, and unmet promises ...

After hours of public briefings, discussions and a public listening session, Multnomah County commissioners decided last week to pause a controversial move to change Preschool for All’s funding stream ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The director of Multnomah County’s Preschool for All program has resigned amid a controversy. The now-former Preschool For All Director Leslee Barnes resigned under ethics ...

I am deeply disappointed in Steve Duin’s column regarding our housing crisis, which connects county dysfunction to Preschool for All, (“The vicious paralysis of Multnomah County: Steve Duin column,” ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Many local parents are urging Multnomah County leaders to protect the “Preschool For All” program which provides free preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds, regardless of ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The woman in charge of Multnomah County's free preschool program resigned this week. Leslee Barnes has been leading the taxpayer-funded Preschool for All since 2021. The ...