PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A multi-billion-dollar budget for Portland Public Schools will be the subject of an upcoming public hearing this week.
The superintendent’s proposed budget includes major staffing cuts. It comes as PPS continues to debate how to save money on rebuilding three new high schools, but a new memo shows that doing so is costing the district more.
“While the message may be familiar, the weight of this moment has not been lessened,” PPS Superintendent Doctor Kimberlee Armstrong told reporters last week. At the same time, she laid out details about the proposed $2.04 billion budget…