Students give Oregon legislators tips on fixing schools

Jenessa Teachout, a junior at Gresham’s Sam Barlow High School, and Meagan Graves, senior at Portland’s Madison High School, chat with Rep. Barbara Smith Warner, D-Portland, at a legislative committee session Thursday. (Jonathan House/Portland Tribune)

If given a choice for one reform at his high school, Des’smen Pooler would add a mandatory class on preparing for college or career.

The senior at Portland’s Parkrose High School said only about half of his peers have learned the value of attending…