Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
Staff told the committee the district follows a four-year policy review cycle and proposed beginning with section 7 (community policies) this year while moving governance-related section 1 work to the full board; committee members asked for surgical, non-substantive edits to move forward quickly.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
Staff proposed cleaning up PPS public contracting rules by removing an obsolete amendment-reporting requirement and aligning an offer-of-judgment threshold from $25,000 to $75,000; the committee agreed to move the settlement-threshold change to the full board and asked staff for data on cumulative contract amendments between 101% and 124.99%.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
District staff told the board they plan to discontinue Metropolitan Learning Center's 912 programming because enrollment has fallen to roughly 381 students and the district faces large budget shortfalls; students, alumni and parents urged a pause and more engagement.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
Public health professionals, parents and volunteers urged the policy committee to add clean indoor air and environmental health goals to the district's climate and sustainability policy, citing PM2.5 harms, filtration benefits for reducing virus transmission, and temperature-control concerns for emergency medications.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
CFO Michelle Morrison told the board the district faces a deeply constrained 202526 budget with a current-year variance equivalent to about $22.5 million and an immediate remaining gap of roughly $10 million; staff floated mitigation options including spending controls, cancelling a PD day, targeted operational savings and possible furlough days.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
Students from Lincoln High School presented a policy drafted with two board directors to require student involvement and educational discourse when posters or flags are taken down, saying Palestinian flags were disproportionately removed; the committee agreed to send the draft for legal review and reconvene with student representatives.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
District data show a three-year decline in four-year graduation rates to 82.5% for the Class of 2025 while postsecondary readiness rose to 71.7%; staff proposed "Project Graduation" targeted supports and emphasized that time in the district strongly correlates with graduation outcomes.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
District staff told the board they issued an intent to award Workday and are negotiating contracts with implementers Meridian and Accenture; the ERP program is bond-funded and aims to replace century-old financial systems over an 1824 month implementation with emphasis on change management.
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
District academic leaders presented K–12 math and literacy curricula, highlighted K–5 use of I Ready and MyPath (30–45 minutes/week recommended), secondary adoption of MidSchool Math and Illustrative Mathematics, transition of end-of-unit assessments to the Synergy Assessment Module and the district’s shift to structured literacy (science of reading).
Oregon / School Districts / Portland SD 1J
Multiple students, parents and community members told the Board of Education’s Teaching, Learning and Enrollment Committee that closing Metropolitan Learning Center’s high school program would harm neurodivergent, queer and other vulnerable students; district leaders announced a Feb. 18 listening session and individualized transition supports.