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Families say special education students have been an afterthought amid PPS school closure plans
Families say special education students have been an afterthought amid PPS school closure plans
Families say special education students have been an afterthought amid PPS school closure plans

Published on: 11/09/2026

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Students play at a newly de-paved nature playground area at Peninsula Elementary in North Portland. The school is one of Portland Public School district's pilot sites for neighborhood inclusion for special needs students, which means that special education services are delivered within a mainstream classroom. Parents there and elsewhere say there has been a dearth of information about how that might change and what the experience will be like for special education students if Portland Public Schools goes forward with plans for school closures, boundary shifts and program adjustments.

Twenty days ago, the families of students who receive special education services at Portland Public Schools sent a detailed report to the school district’s leaders seeking more information about how proposed building closures would impact hundreds of high needs children citywide.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2026/11/families-say-special-education-students-have-been-an-afterthought-amid-pps-school-closure-plans.html

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