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

Are you interested in attending Jefferson? Join the google meet November 14th @ 6:00 PM https://meet.google.com/zni-xmeg-pnj Jefferson leaders will be covering: - Athletics - Class/Extra Curricular offerings - Middle College Overview - Q & A for families

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