Central Office

Phone: (503) 916-2000
501 North Dixon Street
Portland, Oregon 97227-1804 USA
Directions to Central Office (BESC) 

Departments, Services, Projects, and Other Resources

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Acceptable Use Regulation
Athletics  (503) 916-3223
Athletics Hotline (503) 916-3226
Audio-Visual Library (503) 916-3228
Audiological Services (503) 916-5570
Audit Information (see Performance Audit Information)
Autism Services (503) 916-5570

Board of Education Office  (503) 916-3741
(503) 916-3100 FAX
Boundaries of schools
Budget (503) 916-3364
Buildings, use of - see Community/Civic Use of Schools (503) 916-3268

Charter Schools (503) 916-3359
Child Care (503) 916-3230
Columbia Regional Program (503) 916-5570
Communications and Community Engagement (503) 916-3304
Community/Civic Use of Schools  (503) 916-3268
Counseling (503) 916-5460
Curriculum (503) 916-6004

Dance (Jefferson Dancers) (503) 916-5180 X71316
Dart Schools (503) 916-6457
Data and Policy Analysis - (formerly Management Information Services) (503) 916-3076
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (503) 916-5570
Delayed Expulsion School Counseling Center (DESCC) (503) 916-5566
Direction Services (503) 916-5840
Discipline  (503) 916-5460
District Leadership (503) 916-3992
Dixon Street Diner
Driver Education (pdf) (503) 225-0770

Early Childhood Education (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten) (503) 916-3230
Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) (503) 262-4100
Education Options (503) 916-5437
Employment Information (503) 916-3544
Employment Verification 1-800-996-7566
Enrollment & Transfer Center (School Choice) (503) 916-3205
English as a Second Language (ESL)  (503) 916-6525

Facilities and Asset Management
Administration


(503) 916-3403
(503) 916-3401
(503) 916-3331
(503) 916-3310
(503) 916-3303

(503) 916-3817
Family Engagement (503) 916-2000 X71162
Family Support Centers  (503) 916-5875
Finance Department (503) 916-3363
Funded Programs (formerly Title I) (503) 916-3184

General Counsel (503) 916-3570
Grants Management - see Office of Development (503) 916-3447

Head Start program (503) 916-5724
High School System  - (formerly Office of High Schools) (503) 916-3992
Homeless Student Services
see Project Return
(503) 916-5770
Human Resources (503) 916-3544

Imaging Services (503) 916-3221 
Immersion Program (503) 916-6525
Indian Education (503) 916-6499
Information Technology (503) 916-3375

Jefferson Dancers (503) 916-5180 x71316

KBPS Radio Broadcasting - AM1450-KBPS (503) 916-5828
Kindergarten  - (see Early Childhood Education) (503) 916-3230

Libraries (Professional Library) (503) 916-3267

Mail Services (503) 916-2000 x74202
Management Information Services (Statistics) - see Data and Policy Analysis (503) 916-3076
Mental Health Services  (503) 916-5460
Menus for school breakfast and lunch - also see Nutrition Services
Motor Development Team (503) 916-5490 x71072
Multicultural/Multiethnic Education Office (503) 916-6585
Multimedia Library (503) 916-3228
Multnomah Early Childhood Program (MECP)
Multnomah Education Service District (MESD)

Nutrition Services (503) 916-3399

Off-Site Instruction (503) 916-5590
Office of Development (503) 916-3447
Office of Family/Community Engagement & Partnerships - (formerly Office of Student, Family & School Support) (503) 916-3170
Office of High Schools -- see High School System (503) 916-3992
Office of School Modernization (503) 916-3817
Office of Teaching and Learning -- see Curriculum (503) 916-3202
Oregon Department of Education
Oregon Educational Service Districts (ESDs)
Oregon Public Education Network (O.P.E.N.)
Oregon Schools on the Web
Orthopedic Services (503) 916-5570

Parent Guide to PPS 
Pathways (503) 916-5450
Payroll Services (503) 916-3302
Performance Audit Information
Physical Plant - see Facilities and Asset Management
PONY/Mail Services (503) 916-3234
Portland Student Panel - see SuperSAC
Procurement & Distribution (503) 916-3305
Prof. Development Academy - see Curriculum (503) 916-6004
Professional Library (503) 916-3267
Professional Technical Education (503) 916-5114
Project Return/Homeless Student Services - Jefferson HS ·
5210 N Kerby Room A-36
(503) 916-5770
PTA Clothing Center - Marshall Campus ·
3905 SE 91st, Portland, Oregon
(503) 293-0783
Public Information Office - see Communications and Government Relations Department

Records Management:Transcripts (503) 916-2000 x74860
Recycling (503) 916-2000 x74279
Research & Evaluation  (503) 916-3341
Risk Management (503) 916-3204
Russian Program (503) 314-8554

Schools & Special Programs
School Facts & Home Pages
Special Programs: Magnet Schools, Immersion, and Special Programs
Schoolhouse Supplies (503) 249-9933
School Choice Process (Student Transfer) (503) 916-3205
School Health Services (503) 916-3230
Science resources (503) 916-5404 x71027
Section 504 (503) 916-2000 x74214 
Security Services (503) 916-3000
Special Education (503) 916-3152
Striving Readers (503) 916-1024
Student Links
Student Services  (503) 916-5460
Student Transportation (503) 916-6901
Substitute Teacher Employee Management System (503) 916-2101
Substitute Teachers: Application information (503) 916-3330
Summer School (503) 916-5439
System Planning and Performance (503) 916-3110

 Talented and Gifted (503) 916-3358
Teacher Resources
Teen Parent Program (503) 916-5858
Television Services: Program listings for the District's cable access television station, information about educational videos, and more. (503) 916-5838
Textbook Services (503) 916-3929
Title I -- Now known as Funded Programs (see above) (503) 916-3184
Transportation  -- see Student Transportation (503) 916-6901

Vision Services (503) 916-5570
Vocational Transition Specialists (SPED) (503) 916-5817
Volunteers in Portland Schools (503) 916-3040

Warehouse (503) 916-3245