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Important Information About PPS Meals for Fall
8/19/2020
Dear PPS Families,
As you know, Portland Public Schools will begin the school year with Comprehensive Distance Learning until at least November 5 (see pps.net/fall2020 for details). The Nutrition Services department will continue to offer onsite meal distribution. We want to update you on our plans to provide meals for students during this time.
Our summer meal service ends Thursday, August 20, and we will restart meal service on the first day of the new school year, Wednesday, September 2:
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Update on Computers and Hotspots for Summer
6/8/2020
Students who currently have a PPS issued computer and/or hotspot may keep them over the summer. Graduating seniors and students who know they will not be returning to PPS in the fall are asked to return their PPS computer and/or wireless hotspot.
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Computer distribution and exchange services will shift to Mondays and Thursdays
5/12/2020Dear PPS Families,
As the 2019-20 school year winds down under unprecedented circumstances, we want to make you aware that we are reducing our days for distributing and exchanging district-owned computers used for PPS-HD, our home-based distance learning program.
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State program offers families help to pay for food
5/7/2020As our community deals with fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, we want to make Portland Public Schools families aware of a state benefit to help pay for food. The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program, or P-EBT, is available to help families offset the cost of meals that would have been consumed at school. It is administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services.
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Culturally-Specific Behavioral Health Resources
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Employee Rights For COVID-19 Sick Leave
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OHA Coronavirus Updates for Oregon
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Comprehensive Resources List
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Resources for Wellness, Housing, Utilities, Medicines
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Title IX: Discrimination or Harassment During School Closure
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"COVIDBOOK" for children
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Wash Your Hands Poster
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Other Web Links
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During the school closure, PPS has turned to online learning. Aligned with guidance from the Oregon Department of Education, we are lauching Home-Based Distance Learning, or PPS-HD. Click on the logo to see our informational webpage:
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Families with students who need a computer, please visit www.pps.net/devices
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The Fund for PPS and Comcast’s Oregon/Southwest Washington region are partnering to provide free internet access to any PPS family that needs it. Click the image below to learn more:
