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Portland Public Schools presents 'Portrait of a Learner'; district signals possible 2025 and 2027 bond proposals
Summary
Superintendent Will Heath presented Portland Public Schools' new "Portrait of a Learner," a K–12 framework of four to six skills and dispositions. Heath said the district is projecting a small bond in fall 2025 and a larger bond in fall 2027.
Superintendent Will Heath of Portland Public Schools presented the district's new Portrait of a Learner program to the Eagle Township Board, describing a set of four to six skills and dispositions students will be expected to learn, practice and demonstrate from kindergarten through 12th grade. He said the framework is intended to guide instruction and student development across grades.
Heath also told the board the district is projecting two potential bond proposals: a smaller bond in fall 2025 and a larger bond in fall 2027. The presentation was informational; no township action or financial commitment was requested or taken.
Board members asked for clarity on timing and community outreach; the district indicated planning remains preliminary and further public information will follow as proposals firm up. Portland Public Schools is the local district serving the area; the board received the presentation and did not vote on any related measures at the meeting.
The township's minutes note the Portrait of a Learner is intended to help students succeed "throughout school and beyond," and that bond planning is at a projection stage only.
