(Portland, OR) -- The Portland School District will offer retention bonuses and referral bonuses to keep and attract new employees. The school district is facing staffing shortages. Referral bonuses of 750 dollars will be offered to employees who help the district hire custodians, paraprofessional educators, counselors and social workers. Paraeducators, who help special needs students, will get a three-thousand dollar bonus if they stay with the district through the end of the school year.