Portland Public Schools

Voters approved the $60 million initiative in 2020, but it still hasn’t come to fruition.

Portland Public Schools’ top leader pointed to rising costs, limited revenue and declining enrollment as the biggest financial pressures contributing to the shortfall.

Oregon’s largest district needs to save tens of millions of dollars going into the 2025-26 school year and could cut about 230 positions.

After months of discussion, the Portland Public Schools board has approved a new policy limiting the use of students’ personal electronic devices.

Oregon’s largest school district wants to affirm the rights of undocumented students and its protocols for dealing with customs enforcement access at schools.

All Portland Public Schools students would be required to have their personal electronic devices turned off and put away during school hours, including lunch, under the proposed policy.

There have been plenty of wins, lessons learned and changes since the Portland Association of Teachers took to the picket lines this time last year.

Two Portland students shared a petition signed by hundreds across the state. They want district leaders to push state lawmakers for a higher minimum age to purchase semi-automatic guns, among other actions.

OPB’s “Think Out Loud” talks with new PPS Superintendent Kimberlee Armstrong about her plans and goals for leading Oregon’s largest school district.

Staff and students will return to Robert Gray for fall classes. The Markham Elementary community, also displaced in January, will remain at Jackson Middle School as repairs continue.