Dear Portland Public Schools Community, Tuesday night, our school board ratified the new three-year contract with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT). Educators ratified the contract earlier in the day, so this issue is now resolved. The Board also considered calendar shifts to accommodate the 11 instructional days we lost during the stri...

Dear PPS Community, After months of negotiation, we have tentatively agreed to a contract with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT), the union representing our educators. Union members will need to ratify the terms, and our school board will also need to approve the full contract at their Tuesday meeting; but this paves the way for students ...

(Online version viewable here) Dear PPS Community, We continue progressing toward a settlement with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT), and are pleased to report new tentative agreements since yesterday. Even with this progress, though, we have encountered another last-minute obstacle. Days ago, the union and d...

Dear PPS Community, As we head into the weekend, we continue to work with the state mediator to settle our contract with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT). PAT and the district also still have to work out a plan for making up the lost instructional time, but we intend to return students to class before that is fully resolved, if needed...

Dear PPS Community, As we head into the holiday weekend, we know that the strike and our closed schools are weighing on all of us. Following the overnight bargaining session on Sunday, the parties agreed on 17 articles in the contract. However, critical issues remained unresolved, including whether parents should have a role in classroom placeme...

Students - apologies: we sent this to families yesterday but forgot to post here. As you know, school is cancelled today, and you likely know conferences are cancelled next week. Read here for more details: https://www.smore.com/1yxe8-conferences-and-bargaining-update

Today, the district's bargaining team is working to refine articles where we can possibly reach tentative agreements with our teachers' union. However, there is no indication we will make enough progress to reopen schools tomorrow. Meals will resume tomorrow. For locations and further information, visit pps.net/strikeresources

Today, the district's bargaining team is working to refine articles where we can possibly reach tentative agreements with our teachers' union. However, there is no indication we will make enough progress to reopen schools tomorrow. Meals will resume tomorrow. For locations and further information, visit pps.net/strikeresources

The PPS and PAT bargaining teams met Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and exchanged full proposals. Nonetheless, settlement was not reached and schools remain closed tomorrow (Nov. 13). Information on contingency plans: pps.net/strikeresources

Dear PPS community, Today's bargaining session with the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) was productive. While we have not reached a contract agreement, we have made progress on and continue to discuss critical issues important to our teachers and students. In the last two days, we have exchanged proposals that touch on critic...

Due to the continuing strike, all schools will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, November 9. Reminder that Friday is a holiday. Meals will be served Thursday, but not Friday. For locations and more information, please visit pps.net/strikeresources

Due to the continuing strike, all schools will be closed tomorrow, November 8. Meals will be served. For locations and more information, please visit pps.net/strikeresources We apologize for failing to post closure updates on Trivory since the first day of the strike. This will change going forward. Please email [email protected]...

Due to a teachers' strike, all schools will be closed tomorrow, November 1. If the strike continues through November 3, report cards will be delayed. For more information, please visit pps.net/strikeresources.

Dear students, Tonight, we received a notice from the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT), the union representing your teachers, that they intend to strike beginning November 1. We emailed your families on Wednesday to share this link to our contingency plans, but we want to share directly with you. If you are interested in learn...