Parkrose board approves 2025–27 integrated guidance application, staff say it preserves about 24 positions

The Parkrose School District Board of Education on Tuesday approved the district's 2025'27 Integrated Guidance application, which bundles state grant programs including the Student Investment Account (SIA), High School Success and Early Literacy into a single plan to be submitted to the Oregon Department of Education.

The application passed on a voice vote after a motion to approve; the board did not record a roll-call tally. Mr. Griddle, who presented the application, said the district would submit the application to ODE the next day and would return with any ODE feedback and final Longitudinal Performance Growth Targets for board approval.

The vote keeps in place a staffing model district leaders said is largely funded by the grants. "SIA, year one, we're looking at a little bit over $3,000,000," Mr. Griddle told the board, and he said about 82% of that allocation is planned for salaries. He described 24 full-time equivalents (FTE) funded under SIA in the budget picture and said the district is using grant funds in part to avoid layoffs or reductions to current services.

Why it matters: The Integrated Guidance application…