I have to believe that one of the main culprits of these inequitable offerings are the many focus/immersion/specialty schools that pop up all over town (with district funding) and suck both students and resources from neighborhood schools. End the boutique programming and you are more than halfway to solving this issue. Time for liberal Portland parents to put their skin in the game and abandon the focus/charter/immersion charade. Walk your talk, Portland. Everyone, and I mean everyone, knows that that those "special" schools are PPS's  way of keeping parents with means from going to private school. Demand good schools for all, not just your kids.