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District to explore 'shell' approach to accelerate Jefferson High School modernization

Portland Public Schools Board of Education Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee · December 10, 2025
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Summary

Consultant Presidio outlined three options to speed Jefferson High School modernization — a phased 'shell' occupancy approach, an on-site portable educational village, or off-site swing sites — and the committee directed staff to further investigate the shell option as the preferred path to keep students on-site and accelerate access to new spaces.

Consultant Presidio presented three options on Dec. 9 for accelerating the Jefferson High School modernization, and staff told the Facilities Improvement and Oversight Committee they will dig deeper into a "shell" option that could allow students to occupy lower floors while upper-floor work continues.

Presidio's option 1 ("Shell") would build the full structural and life-safety systems for all floors simultaneously and finish tenant work on upper floors later, enabling occupancy of the first…

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