Unofficial PPS Resource Directory

Advocates additional options, better public data and improved walking access. Some alternatives retain proposed closures.

Independent parent analysis. Uses modeled populations, not actual student home addresses. Preliminary alternatives, not official plans.

Confirmed assistance: Site explicitly credits Claude for analysis, data work, coding, modeling and writing under Paul Frazier's direction.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Recommends protecting high-demand immersion access and evaluating different program moves and consolidations. The recommendations vary by program.

Builds on Jason Brown's explorer and Alex Meub's data. Separate publication does not mean independent source collection.

Confirmed assistance: Claude-assisted Spanish translation with human review is disclosed. Published development commits also credit Claude.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Combines a substantial source archive with explicit advocacy for preserving Sunnyside's K–8 environmental program.

GitHub research archive rather than a conventional dashboard. Interpretive predictions in the archive are publisher inferences.

Confirmed assistance: Claude credited in the published commit. Methodology describes Whisper transcription for a meeting without captions.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Promotes public oversight and transparency. No preferred closure plan was verified; individual contributions may express other views.

Wiki and Talk are parts of one project. Some participation features require login or invitation.

Unverified: No explicit AI disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Political advocacy publication. Publisher bylines identify Ben Roberts; this does not establish legal ownership. Claims within reports were not independently audited.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

PPS-specific archive within a broader policy organization. Reviewed examples include January 2025 bond criticism and January 19, 2026 commentary opposing the end of Jefferson dual enrollment. The organization describes its mission in terms of individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Hosted on Action Network and explicitly sponsored by César Chávez PTA. This is the local adoption petition; Oregon PTA publishes the underlying statewide guidance separately.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The page names Elly Buckner and Firiel Elliott as petition starters and signs the statement as The Buckman Community. This is a community campaign; it is not presented as an official district or PTA statement.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The PTA's homepage contains a substantial school-closure section and leadership action plan, including coordination with other PTAs and the Save PDX Schools and PAT campaigns. It identifies itself as a 501(c)(3) corporation.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The PTA argues that closing and dividing the James John community will not solve the district's stated problems. It publishes an 11-point argument, letter text and links to district and campaign resources.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

A school-specific campaign within the PTA website, linked to the citywide Save PDX Schools effort. Page updated October 25, 2026. Its analyses and advocacy should be read with the cited district records.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The April 12, 2026 issue contains a PPS special-education section and links to the author's PDX Parent report. The wider newsletter covers disability and caregiving beyond PPS and mixes reporting, commentary and news roundups.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

A statewide resource, rather than a PPS-specific analysis. Included because César Chávez PTA's PPS petition asks the Board to adopt it. The current public landing page works; its linked PDF on the older oregonpta.org domain did not load in this review.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The petition's arguments and allegations belong to its publisher; inclusion does not establish wrongdoing. Its starter's public name is incomplete. It requests school-level savings, capacity, facilities, travel and equity information.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The union describes representing more than 4,500 professional educators in PPS. Its current representative materials include an October 6 School Board flyer. Union statements present its members' positions.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

A PPS-specific topic page within the union's broader website. Its June 2026 bargaining updates discuss budget and compensation proposals from the union's perspective.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Explicit advocacy perspective. Individual article writers are not named beyond the collective byline.

Unverified: Publishes commentary about AI in PPS. That does not establish that the publisher uses AI.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Historical May 5, 2025 analysis opposing Measure 26-259, not a current voting recommendation. The author discloses volunteering with Future Portland and participating in its endorsement committee, while describing the newsletter as separate.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Directly documents PPS funding. Beth's public professional profile also lists the site. A personal Substack for her was not verified. Latest update visible is May 2024.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Prioritizes neighborhood schools and transitioning focus-option programs into them. Accepts some school closures.

PPS-focused campaign newsletter, distinct from Doerr's broader Cramming for the Apocalypse. Advocates neighborhood-school investment and challenges school choice.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Seismic-safety advocacy group. Its site does not itself address rightsizing; Willamette Week reported on October 20, 2026 that the group asked the superintendent where retrofit money would go for schools proposed for closure. Read its claims alongside their original sources.

Unverified: No explicit AI disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Opposes PPS's proposed rightsizing approach and mobilizes families to challenge it.

Likely the user's SaveOurSchools reference, exact identity unconfirmed. Advocacy position should be considered when reading interpretations.

Confirmed limited role: Anthropic powers an advocacy-writing feature. Meeting transcripts are automated, but their model and data-ingestion workflow are not disclosed.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

The campaign identifies itself as a project of the SES PTSA. It argues for retaining the program and middle grades, with sources on enrollment, special education, attendance, curriculum and district policy.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

This entry is the Portland chapter. The national organization covers other districts.

Unverified: Studies and advocates policy on screens and AI. No explicit AI-assisted collection/publishing workflow verified.

Reviewed 2026-10-22. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Position adopted October 8, 2026 asks PPS to retain Skyline's Lincoln high-school assignment. Its concerns focus on travel across the St. Johns Bridge under the proposed Roosevelt assignment.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Created October 8, 2026 and attributed to Masha Mykhailova. It argues for protecting school-community continuity and exploring budget, community-support or merger alternatives.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.

Includes advocacy or opinion; read claims alongside their original sources.

Historical November–December 2023 series, not current bargaining information. The broader publication covers social justice and equity in education and human services; individual episodes name their authors.

Unverified: No explicit AI publishing or collection disclosure verified in the reviewed material.

Reviewed 2026-10-26. Labels describe the resource, not accuracy or quality.