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Portland Board Approves Hip Hop School 09:00PM ET December 4, 2009 Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff A Rocky Williform Company The Portland, Oregon School Board's charter school committee recently recommended approval for the cities first High School for Recording Arts. The committee voted 2-1 in favor of starting the charter school which wants to use an arts-integrated curriculum, hip-hop music and credit by proficiency to serve about 200 students. Supporters hope the hip hop inspired curriculum will attract disinterested students. There are still a few battles to win before the school comes to fruition. Though Portland School District Superintendent Carol Smith supports the unorthodox school she also feels that the school should revise its budget, provide a more detailed curriculum outline and consider postponing the opening of the school to 2011 in order to integrate the school into the district's high school redesign process. The committee and the superintendents' recommendation go before the full school board on December 14th where the final decision is expected to be made.