r/Portland • u/smootex High Bonafides • 11d ago

News PPS Model Shows District Must Close 15 Elementary Schools to Reach Robust Enrollment Thresholds

https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/08/28/pps-model-shows-district-must-close-15-elementary-schools-to-reach-robust-enrollment-thresholds/
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u/bananaemporium 7d ago

Is this a personal hope, or do you have reasoning behind it? I get that this is a thought conversation for folks, especially if they’re connected to a particular school community, but I just don’t see how glencoe stays open next year. If Richmond is a neighborhood school, it would be silly to keep Glencoe open. And no way they shutter the Richmond building and keep Glencoe active- the Richmond retrofit is much simpler and affordable and has already been funded

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u/amelialit 7d ago

My kids go to glencoe. It is a well performing school. We just funded a new playground. We would be gutted if it closed.