Because of the boundary changes, there are three groups of students who are going to be “assigned” to Rose City Park.  1. Students in grades K-4 currently at Roseway Heights, will automatically become grades 1-5 at Rose City Park.  2. Students in the section of Beverly Cleary School that has been assigned into the Rose City Park area grades K-3.  3. Incoming new students to PPS who are either Kindergarten or older living in the NEW Rose City Park Boundary.

If you are in the boundary for Rose City Park and new to PPS (including Kindergarteners) you can apply for the lottery to a Focus Option or Immersion School.  If you are a current Roseway Heights student and live in the boundary for a different feeder school (Lee, Vestal, Scott) you can apply for a transfer (it is guaranteed) to that school.  If you are a BCS student who has an older sibling who will still be at BCS next year you can apply for a transfer to stay at BCS.  

Roseway Heights will open as the 6-8 grade middle school for students from Rose City Park, Jason Lee, Scott, and Vestal.  Students are Roseway Heights will then feed into Madison High School.

The Vietnamese Dual Language Program is moving to Rose City Park.  Next year it will be Kindergarten-4th grade, and the year after we will have a fully articulated program that will feed into Roseway Heights and Madison H. S.  

We think there will be enough room at Rose City Park.  Depending on some construction decisions and how many students choose to accept and/or reject the “grandfather” placement, our numbers could change from the projections.  We are very flexible thinkers, and we know that education happens in all types of settings--we will provide the very best education regardless of challenges a building brings.

The teachers initially assigned to Rose City Park will be the K-5 staff from Roseway Heights.  This is because of an agreement between the teacher union (PAT) and PPS about how to staff the new school.  If there are additional openings, the administration will consider any available teachers that are interested in working at Rose City Park.  This may include Beverly Cleary teachers.  Of course, as is the case in any school, teachers are always free to apply for and accept jobs at other schools--so we won’t know exactly who is going to be teaching at Rose City Park until the staffing process is completely done in early summer.  

Rose City Park will serve breakfast starting at 7:40am.  The doors will open for all students at 7:50 and class will begin at 8am.  School will end at 2:15.  Our offices will be open from 7:30-4 each school day.  

Yes.  We don’t yet know the specific provider, but there will be an aftercare program at Rose City Park.  It will be contracted through PPS in the same way the Hand in Hand is at Roseway Heights and Campfire is at Beverly Cleary--which is to say it is fee based.  

Yes.  There are plans currently to increase the accessibility of the ground floor (where the gym and cafeteria are) and address other accessibility concerns.  There is also some interior work that will be done in order to get the school ready to open as a neighborhood school.  We should know more specifically what will be done soon.

There will be Parent organization.  The board members of Roseway Heights PTA and Beverly Cleary PTA are engaged in meetings to figure out the best way to proceed and how to create a shared group that supports the teachers and school.  

We will be updating the “Rose City Park” tab on the Roseway Heights webpage (pps.net/rosewayheights) until we get a Rose City Park webpage of our own.  Additionally, we will send information out through Roseway Heights and Beverly Clearly School email lists.  If you use Facebook, there is an “official” Rose City Park Elementary page that will also be updated.  

If your questions are about what school you will attend, contact Enrollment and Transfer at 503-916-3205.  If your questions are about what will be at Rose City Park, contact Jeremy Cohen (Principal) at jcohen@pps.net or by phone at 503-319-3245.