4+ day, 16+ 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…...

4+ day, 21+ 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…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (759+ words) It’s 4:30 on a Tuesday afternoon, and the Artist Mentorship Program’s Old Town drop-in center buzzes with young people seeking a creative outlet and a hot meal. Volunteers sling bowls of pasta, and AMP executive director Will Kendall is cooking up…...

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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (966+ words) Your SNAP card can get you a lot more than groceries. Since 2011, an initiative called Arts for All PDX has made $5 tickets to arts venues across the city available to Oregonians enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program—just…...

1+ week, 5+ 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…...

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…...

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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (236+ words) Multnomah County Commissioner Shannon Singleton released a long list Monday of union, organizational and community endorsers of her bid for county chair. The biggest union to throw its weight behind Singleton in the race thus far appears to be the…...

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…...