For nearly seven years, Superintendent Xavier Botana wrote a monthly “Superintendent’s Notebook” column in The Forecaster newspaper. He stepped down mid-January, so the January column is his last one for the paper. Going forward, Interim Co-Superintendents Melea Nalli and Aaron Townsend will write the monthly column until a superintendent is hired on a permanent basis by this June. Read Xavier Botana’s final column here: Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: My tenure more than payroll issues

You can read his other columns over the years on our website by clicking HERE.