Multnomah Education Service District

Multnomah Education Service District is an education service district that coordinates school events and activities throughout the school districts in Multnomah [County, Oregon], United States. Its administrative offices are located at 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle in Portland.

Administration

The superintendent is Dr. Paul Coakley.

MESD operates through several school districts:

MESD also directly operates several schools:

MESD also operates the Outdoor School environmental education program, serving roughly 7,000 6th-graders and 1,600 high-schoolers from throughout Multnomah County annually.

In 2015, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found MESD to have engaged in discrimination and retaliation against Brett Bigham, the 2014 Oregon Teacher of the Year, for being public about his sexual orientation. Brigham eventually agreed to a $140,000 settlement with the district.