Schools

The costs saved from furlough days the district’s union partners opted to take are foundational in helping PPS patch a $22.5 million budget hole it found itself in midyear.

Portland Community College’s largest union, the Federation of Faculty and Academic Professionals, reached a tentative agreement with the college’s management to end a weeks-long strike late Monday night.

The district has cited Right to Return as a way to help fill Jefferson High School. But the number of applicants remains low.

“We are stuck in a state of limbo whereby you don’t know where you’re going and you don’t know what to do.”

Portland Community College on Wednesday announced it will delay the start of most of its spring term classes to April 6, as labor negotiations with two of its largest unions continue to drag on.

Portland Community College is in talks about potential changes to its spring term following another round of unsuccessful negotiations with two of its largest unions on Monday night.

The furloughs mean PPS students will lose three instructional days, and school will let out on June 5, instead of June 9 as the district previously planned.

Unlike other cuts being made across the county in light of a budget shortfall, the decision to disband the team comes as Preschool for All sits on more than $600 million. The county says the proposed change is not driven by available funding.

Portland leaders are talking about renaming César E. Chavez Boulevard in view of allegations that the civil rights and labor leader abused multiple women and young girls throughout his career.

PPS could soon close 1 in 7 schools in the early grades. Here’s how it will choose them.

A memorandum of understanding between PPS and the Portland Association of Teachers indicates three instructional days will become furlough days as PPS faces an unexpected mid-year budget shortfall.

After long negotiations on Sunday and Monday, it appears two PCC unions are in different places.