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Portland Public Schools receives approval to issue school capital improvement bonds
April 8, 2013

Portland Public Schools will move forward with issuing up to $165 million dollars of bonds for capital projects to improve schools as the first step in financing the $482 million dollar capital bond improvement plan voters approved in November 2012, with 66 percent of the vote. Bonds will be issued following a school board vote last week. [Read more]

Bond Update
February 27, 2013

The school building improvement bond that voters approved in November gives all Portlanders an historic chance to reimagine how our schools create learning spaces that help our students and teachers to do their best work. [Read more]

Community input shapes bond implementation
February 25, 2013

School district staff updated school board members on how and when community involvement will shape the implementation of the 8-year, $482 million school building improvement bond. [Read more]

Bond project timeline takes shape
January 29, 2013

On Jan. 28, Operations staff provided the Portland School Board with further details about the implementation of an 8-year school construction bond to upgrade three high schools and replace one PK-8; as well as improve seismic safety, fix leaking roofs and provide greater access at 63 additional schools. [Read more]

Board discusses next steps in school bond program
November 20, 2012

Planning to fully modernize Roosevelt High School would begin in spring 2013 with construction beginning in Jan. 2015, according to a staff recommendation presented Nov. 19 to the Portland School Board. [Read more]

Bond passage enables PPS school upgrades
November 7, 2012

Portland voters agreed to a record bond measure of $482 million to upgrade or rebuild several schools in the district. [Read more]

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