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Guadalupe Guerrero
Superintendent
Portland Public Schools
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Guadalupe Guerrero currently serves as the Superintendent of Portland Public Schools (PPS), the largest school district in Oregon. With Guerrero in his fifth school year with PPS, the district continues its steadfast effort to reimagine the school system, ensuring every one of its graduates is prepared to lead change and improve the world.
Under Guerrero’s relentless leadership, PPS is attempting to lean into its expressed commitment to its foundational and enduring belief in racial equity and social justice.
During his tenure, the district has established a community-created vision and articulated a multi-year strategic plan. He has been a vocal proponent of key initiatives, including establishing a K-12 climate justice curriculum, expanding arts education and emphasizing the value of student voice in decision-making. While at the helm, Superintendent Guerrero has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic with an emphasis on continuity of learning while keeping everyone safe and healthy.
In 2020, PPS secured a $1.2 billion school improvement bond — the largest bond in Oregon’s history. Under Superintendent Guerrero’s strategic guidance, the bond sets aside funds specifically to modernize the decades-old curriculum and accelerate PPS becoming a tech-enabled district.It also earmarks $60 million to develop the Center for Black Student Excellence, an emerging community-led concept that seeks to unify and elevate the educational experience of Portland’s Black children and their families, connecting schools and community-based organizations in Albina, Portland’s historic Black neighborhood.
As the first Latino superintendent of PPS, Guerrero brings more than 25 years of experience, as a teaching assistant, classroom teacher, school and district administrator, and most recently as Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, Innovation and Social Justice for the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).Superintendent Guerrero was named the 2021 National Superintendent of the Year by the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents. A classically trained violinist, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from UCLA and two Masters degrees from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. He and his wife, a longtime elementary school teacher, have two children who are recent graduates of SFUSD.
