As part of reopening Portland Public Schools in the 2021-22 school year, the district must submit a plan to the Oregon Department of Education. As part of the requirement, PPS is asking for feedback on the plan.

Dear PPS Families,

The 2021-22 school year is fast approaching, and we continue to prepare to safely reopen our schools for in-person learning. We want to make sure you are aware of upcoming opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine during registration at our nine comprehensive high schools.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we finalize our last Back to School FAQ sections, we wanted to share with you a couple of updates. First, the district’s Office of Internal Performance Audit recently presented to the Board of Education its audit of our health and safety practices for hybrid learning last spring. We are pleased and proud to say that auditors reported no findings. From last week’s presentation:

Dear Colleagues,

The public health guidance is clear--vaccines are the best way to prevent the spread and the severity of COVID. Today we are announcing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all PPS staff.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: PreK and Head Start.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: PIL Sports, Performing Arts and Other Activities, and Adherence to Safety Protocols.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: Lunch and Meals, Supplies, and COVID-19 Vaccination.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: Health and Safety Plans, Airflow and Circulation, and Visitors and Volunteers.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: Training and Education, and Isolation and Quarantine. We are still in discussions with public health authorities and are expecting to share Testing Protocols FAQs soon.

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

Because of dangerous heat, we are canceling all athletic activities, including practices, workouts and other gatherings, for all Portland Public Schools teams and athletes for Wednesday, August 11.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: Physical Distance, Cohorting, and School Buses.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

As we recently shared, we will be notifying you when new information, including answers to your most common questions about this year’s health and safety measures, are added to the PPS.net/BacktoSchool2021 webpage. Today, we have information on the following topics posted: Handwashing, Cleaning and Disinfecting, and Masks.

Dear PPS Students, Families and Staff,

Last week, we shared with you an overview of our 2021-2022 School Year Health and Safety Measures Against COVID-19, which will help us have a full-time, in-person learning experience for PPS students this school year. 

Dear PPS Families,

There are limited spots still available for the Online Learning Academy (OLA). The OLA application will remain open until spots are filled.

Dear PPS Students and Families,

We are excited to welcome you to a full, five-days a week in-person school year on September 1.

As we approach the first day of school, we continue to monitor the local spread of COVID-19, including the Delta variant, and will implement layers of health protections against COVID-19 across every school building. Since the beginning of this pandemic, we’ve remained firm on being guided by public health expertise. In keeping to this commitment, linked below is an overview of our 2021-2022 School Year Health and Safety Measures Against COVID-19, which will help us have a full-time, in-person learning experience for PPS students this school year. 

Dear PPS Families and Staff,

We are finalizing our health and safety protocols for the 2021-22 school year, which will include full-day, five-day, in-person learning. The Board of Education is taking part in a virtual work session with public health experts this week. We hope you can tune in: