Portland Public Schools is asking voters to approve a $1.83 billion school construction bond on May 20. It’s the fifth bond measure the district has proposed in the past few decades, starting with a failure measure in 2011.
Here are 5 takeaways about the bond from the Beat Check with The Oregonian podcast episode about the bond.
- Generative AI was used to summarize a recent episode of the Beat Check podcast. This story was reviewed and edited by The Oregonian/OregonLive.
1. The bond would round out Portland’s ambitious high school modernization plan
More than a decade ago, Portland Public Schools embarked on what may be the nation’s most ambitious school modernization plan, aiming to rebuild every neighborhood high school over approximately 20 years. Previous bonds in 2012, 2017, and 2020 funded the modernization of Franklin, Grant, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Benson and McDaniel high schools…