2026-03-31 Board of Education Special Meeting and Work Session

Portland Public Schools Board of Education · April 1, 2026

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Call to order, agenda preview, housekeeping

Announcement

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Chair Wong called the March 31, 2026 public work session to order, reviewed where agenda items are posted, noted that the meeting is being streamed, and previewed major items: consent agenda, multiple memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with labor unions to approve furlough days, a revised 2025–26 school calendar, a budget work session with the Community Budget Review Committee (CBRC), updates on the Growing Great Schools rightsizing process, presentation of the successful school survey, and community/committee reports. Chair signaled a proposal to change the public comment structure and said it

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The Portland Public Schools board on March 31, 2026 approved memoranda of understanding with four labor unions to implement four furlough days and adopted a revised 2025–26 school calendar; staff presented budget updates showing a $22.5 million midyear gap closed in part by roughly $12 million in furloughs and previewed a rightsizing (school consolidation) process and the district's annual school climate survey results.

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