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About 9,000 Portland Public Schools students missed school Monday, a spokesperson said, meaning 20% of the district’s 43,000 students weren’t present.

Portland Public Schools (PPS) teachers and district management have been negotiating a new contract for the better part of a year, with educators proposing substantial cost-of-living-adjustments, mental health support reform, and more. But as the PPS teachers’ strike nears the three-week mark, it appears the final sticking point in contract negotiations is about whether or not parents should be involved in decisions about class size. A proposal from the union advocates for creating “class size...

Portland Public Schools (PPS) teachers and district management have been negotiating a new contract for the better part of a year, with educators proposing substantial cost-of-living-adjustments, mental health support reform, and more. But as the PPS teachers’ strike nears the three-week mark, it appears the final sticking point in contract negotiations is about whether or not parents should be involved in decisions about class size. A proposal from the union advocates for creating “class size...

Parents are joining Portland teachers on strike picket lines throughout the district — because they support what teachers are fighting for.

In a school district with as public a commitment to equity as Portland Public Schools, it is surprising that parents are allowed to fundraise to pay for extra teachers and