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PPS Teachers Levy Funded 55 Fewer Educators in Latest Academic Year
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (326+ words) In the 2025–26 school year, Portland Public Schools’ teachers levy funded about 686 teaching positions, 55 fewer than it had in 2024–25. In a report presented to the Portland School Board on Sept. 1, members of PPS’s Community Budget Review Committee noted that the property…...
To Close Schools, Portland Public Schools Must Overcome Fierce Pushback From the Teachers Union
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1235+ words) Most of the seats in the Grant High School auditorium were empty when the Portland School Board met Sept. 1. But the first two rows of seats were blue. That color glowed from the union T-shirts worn by members of the…...
Finding Sweet Success Through the University of Oregon’s Executive MBA in Portland
1+ week, 2+ day ago (507+ words) At this point, the story of the Lake Oswego-based Kyra’s Bake Shop is well-known. “I saw this project as an opportunity to engage two smart and talented MBA candidates to pressure-test one possible avenue of growth for the brand,” Johnson…...
Portland School Board Approves Contract Extension for Its Superintendent
1+ week, 4+ day ago (283+ words) The Portland School Board on Tuesday night approved a contract extension for its superintendent, Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong. As WW first reported, the contract will increase Armstrong’s compensation package, largely through a retention bonus that will kick in after she completes…...
Portland’s Public School Librarians Are Getting Scrappy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (837+ words) In 2022, Paige Battle was on a mission. She had learned that Anthony Doerr would be visiting one lucky Portland Public Schools high school to discuss his recently published novel Cloud Cuckoo Land with OPB’s Think Out Loud. “When it was…...
Portland School Board Will Weigh Contract Extension for Its Superintendent That Includes A Raise
1+ week, 5+ day ago (362+ words) The Portland School Board on Tuesday night will consider a contract extension with its superintendent. If approved, Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong’s contract will come with a raise. Armstrong, who joined the district in the 2024–25 academic year, has begun her third year…...
As Blazes Raged Across Eastern Oregon, Some Schools Became Fire Camps
2+ week, 1+ day ago (761+ words) At the beginning of August, Shanna Northway, the principal of Grant Union Jr./Sr. High School in John Day, was busy facilitating all the typical back-to-school preparation. Then, at noon on a Sunday just weeks out from the start of…...
PPS Superintendent Says District Could Close Up to 20 Schools
2+ week, 4+ day ago (272+ words) Portland Public Schools could close up to 20 schools in its consolidation process, Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong said Wednesday morning. The district, like many urban ones nationwide, has faced new pressures as enrollment is expected to decline. The district has 45 elementary…...
Latest PPS Enrollment Forecasts Indicate Trouble Is Coming for Its Upper Grades
2+ week, 6+ day ago (369+ words) Portland Public Schools enrolled about 150 more students than Portland State University anticipated it would in the 2025–26 school year. Yet an annual report from PSU’s Population Research Center continues to project long-term enrollment loss in Oregon’s largest school district. In the…...
County Commission On Track to Delay Scheduled Tax Increase for Preschool for All
3+ week, 3+ day ago (617+ words) In the waning weeks of August, Multnomah County commissioners are once again examining the tax on high earners that funds Preschool for All. At a Thursday morning meeting, the Board of Commissioners appeared poised to approve another one-year delay on…...