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Parents, advocates press Portland Public Schools for transparency on seismic retrofit selections
Summary
Parents and safety advocates urged Portland Public Schools to explain how the district prioritized schools for 2025 seismic retrofits, highlighting high-risk schools that were not selected and urging equity and follow-through on a board resolution promising to fund 8–10 schools.
Parents, advocates and community members told the Portland Public Schools Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee on Dec. 9 that the district must be clearer about how it chose campuses for seismic retrofits under the 2025 bond.
John Dwyer, speaking on behalf of Safe Structures PPS, said the district’s risk-based scores did not produce an obvious prioritization. "Jackson Middle School received a risk score of 9.8 and has an enrollment of over 700 students, yet it was not prioritized for seismic work in the 2025 bond," Dwyer said, and he questioned why two lottery-only campuses with lower scores were selected instead of…
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