Claim: Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four weeks of the school year," including negotiating with teachers to work for free.
Fact-check: Did Charlie Hales help negotiate a one-time deal with Portland teachers that saved the school year? 
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2012-04-27T00:00:00