The idea of attending class on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was one of several ideas brought to the district by students, hoping to preserve their winter break.
Portland Public Schools (PPS) educators and students returned to the classroom on Monday, November 27, after a nearly month-long teachers’ strike. But before the contract agreement between PPS and the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) union could be called a done deal, the union and school board had to vote to ratify it. On Tuesday, November 28, educators and the PPS Board of Education voted “aye” on the three-year labor contract for PPS teachers, capping.
The Portland Association of Teachers voted in favor of ratifying their new contract with the school district Tuesday and hours later the school board unanimousl