Willamette Week

PPS Offers Unions Furloughs or Layoffs to Patch $10 Million Midyear Budget Gap

Portland Public Schools is negotiating with several of its unions as it looks to patch an unexpected $10 million mid-year budget gap, presenting most with the choice to furlough or lay off large ...
Willamette Week

PPS Backtracks on Closure of Metropolitan Learning Center’s High School

Multiple Portland School Board members confirmed to WW that the decision was reversed following a Tuesday School Board meeting, after staff re-assessed numbers and concluded that if MLC is able to ...
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PPS briefly puts two schools on lockout due to reports of ICE activity

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Public Schools briefly put two of its school buildings on lockout Thursday morning due to reports of ICE activity in North Portland. In a message sent to parents and staff, ...
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Parents to PPS: ‘You’re in pickle’ over budget cuts

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Diane Brennan said a lot of her job as a paraeducator at Beaumont Middle School in Portland “is great.” But the string of Portland Public School budget cuts, where teachers are ...
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PPS superintendent sets tone for new school year, talks AI with Colin Kaepernick

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — Portland Public Schools is preparing to kick off the 2025-26 school year with a keynote address from the district’s superintendent, Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong. The event also ...