Rightsize. Right Support. Right for Students.
Portland Public Schools is undertaking a districtwide rightsizing process to better align our schools, programs, and resources with the needs of today’s students and the realities shaping our future.
Each PPS school is required to maintain and submit an active School-Wide Suicide Prevention Plan. School plans establish consistent prevention and response systems while reflecting the needs, resources, and structures of each school community.
Use the district submission form to select your school site and submit your current School-Wide Suicide Prevention Plan.
Your building plan is not intended to reinvent existing structures, but rather to clarify your school's aligned, trauma-informed, and consistent response systems. All building plans must include the following four components.
Utilize district screening data alongside internal site patterns to identify emerging trends, affected grade levels/groups, protective factors, and systemic stressors present within your building.
Center the lived experiences and unique needs of students by reflecting on disaggregated reporting data across racial identities, gender identities, LGBTQIA+ status, and multilingual or newcomer student access barriers.
Outline strategies for normalizing help-seeking behaviors, including advisory SEL lessons, staff professional development on risk factors, mental health literacy, affinity spaces, and visible trusted adult networks.
Define real-time crisis response protocols: designate primary and secondary screeners, outline screening locations, specify caregiver notification procedures, track system logging (Synergy/SST), and detail postvention/re-entry support pathways.
These resources support school teams in strengthening inclusive suicide prevention practices and adapting prevention approaches to better meet the needs of students with disabilities and other diverse learners.
Suicide prevention training focusing on students with intellectual disabilities and autism.
View Slide Show →Session focused on inclusive suicide prevention practices and considerations for supporting diverse student needs.
Watch Recording →An adapted suicide prevention resource developed by Jed McClean at Franklin High School.
View Adaptation →