The district hopes examining its boundaries and school configurations will help it ensure students have equal access to opportunities.
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Portland City Council approves $161 million school budget
The council voted unanimously to pass the school board’s $161.4 million proposal, which now goes to voters for final approval.
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Final goals and summer plans as the school year winds down
As we approach the close of the school year, Portland Public Schools is focused on some final goals. One is the successful passage of a school budget for the 2024-25 school year. We’re also finalizing our summer learning plans and our high schools are preparing for commencement. We’re near the end of the FY25 budget […]
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Portland school leaders renew talks on consolidating its 3 high schools
District leadership said they think consolidating the schools would help them provide high quality education and facilities.
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Community engagement enhanced school budget process
Portland Public Schools reached a milestone in our FY 25 budget process when the Board of Public Education on April 9 approved a $161.4 million school budget to recommend to the City Council. One of the things that I’m proudest about in this budget process is the amount of community engagement involved. Since March 5, […]
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Five principles guided reductions, restructuring
I presented my proposed $161 million budget for the 2024-25 school year to the Board of Public Education two weeks ago – and have already heard quite a lot about what people like about the budget, and also what they’d like to change. I welcome this feedback because I consider the superintendent’s recommended budget a […]
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Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Joyful celebrations and a budget update
This year, the Portland Public Schools will face a particularly challenging budget. While the challenges are many, they fall into three primary categories. First, COVID relief funds from the federal government have provided districts across the country with significant funding, but that is ending. For Portland, that will mean a loss of more than $9 […]
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Portland school district rebuilding its finance and payroll systems
The overhaul of the district’s finance department comes after a breakdown in the payroll system last year that resulted in hundreds of employees being paid late and in the wrong amount.
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Portland public school’s nonprofit raised $1.7 million in the 2022-23 school year
The Foundation for Portland Public Schools gave its quarterly report to the Portland school board Tuesday.
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Portland school district launches Wabanaki studies and Black history curriculums
The Wabanaki studies curriculums for kindergarten, first, third and seventh grades are complete and in use in Portland classrooms this school year.