Save Portland PE

We want to give a big shout out to @Super_GGuerrero, @PPSConnect, @akohnstamm, @_RitaMoore, @BrimJulia, @EilidhPdx and @depassforppsschool board members for adopting a 2020/21 school budget that includes PE/Adaptive PE teachers & funds! 👏#SavePortlandPE #AllKidsNeedPE

Portland Public Schools will make its final vote on the 2020/21 budget tomorrow, June 23. Please contact @Super_GGuerrero & @PPSConnect school board members requesting they adopt a new budget with the restoration of the PE/Adaptive PE teachers & funds! #SavePortlandPE

👏 News Flash: PPS will restore all adaptive PE teachers for the 20-21 school year. Great news! Thanks to parents, teachers, staff who lent their voices + @Super_GGuerrero & staff for re-examining the budget to pull back cuts. @PPSConnect @OregonSHAPE @adamphowell @SavePortlandPE

Welp. He said it @PPSConnect @Super_GGuerrero @SavePortlandPE Thank you.

Great news! We just received this letter from @PPSConnect confirming that they are restoring all adaptive PE teachers in the 2020-21 budget. This is a wonderful development and we applaud @Super_GGuerrero & the Board for making equality a priority. Thanks to all for speaking up!

Thanks to everyone who reached out to @Super_GGuerrero and @PPSConnect to #SavePortlandPE because #AllKidsNeedPE. Tune in to tonight’s special PPS School Board meeting at 5pm, live streamed at youtube.com/user/ppscomms/….

@EilidhPdx Inclusive options usually do not have qualified and specialized educators trained to support the student in the ways they need to be supported. We need #PEForAllKids.

@EilidhPdx Adapted PE & Inclusive PE are not the same. @PPSConnect's own website defines Adaptive PE as specially designed instruction for students who require adaptions and modifications to participate safely and successfully in general PR programming.

@EilidhPdx Just wondering if these cuts to PPS staff will also require students with disabilities to be pushed into general eduction Math, Science, English, and Social Studies classes? PE is an academic subject that requires trained Adapted PE teachers to deliver specially designed content.

@BrimJulia @edercampuzano @OPB Entire Adapted PE program being cut, taking away services to over 550 students! This decision has intersectional impact as it will also disproportionately affect our BIPOC students with disabilities that make up a significant base of our students serviced.

2/2: @EilidhPdx, Inclusive options usually do not have qualified and specialized educators trained to support the student in the ways they need to be supported. We need #PEForAllKids.

1/2: @EilidhPdx, Adapted PE & Inclusive PE are not the same. @PPSConnect’s own website defines it as “specially designed instruction for students who require adaptions and modifications to participate safely and successfully in general PR programming.”

Adaptive PE teachers were recently informed that Adaptive PE as a service would be severely cut & possibly eliminated altogether by @PPSConnect. Tell @Super_GGuerrero this is not equitable for students w/disabilities. Sign the petition at bit.ly/PEForAllKids #SavePortlandPE

@Super_GGuerrero Thank you @Super_GGuerrero for reconsidering the decision. However, you do not definitively state the cuts won't happen, nor do you address adaptive PE. We’ll keep fighting to #SavePortlandPE until the budget is passed because #AllKidsNeedPE

We've reduced a potentially devastating $57M in budget cuts to $12M w/ proactive cost-saving measures & labor collaboration. We continue to examine all avail resources & propose additional adjustments to maintain valued programming, including all elementary gen ed P.E. teachers.

Right thing to do to preserve PE for our @PPSConnect students. Adaptive PE too! #AllKidsNeedPE @SavePortlandPE @HPE_Dr @OregonSHAPE @adamphowell

Today was the last day of school for Portland Public School. Our homework assignment for the summer: Fight to #SavePortlandPE for 2020/21! @akohnstamm @_RitaMoore @BrimJulia @EilidhPdx @depassforpps @super_gguerrero

@SavePortlandPE @Super_GGuerrero @PPSConnect @akohnstamm @_RitaMoore @EilidhPdx @depassforpps I won’t vote 👎 for these PE cuts. It’s contrary to CDC/health experts recommendations; backslides on compliance w/state law. Most IMPORTANTLY, kids NEED the opportunity to be active so they can learn better! Working w/@Super_GGuerrero/staff to preserve critical PE positions 💪🏼

We saved Portland PE 10 years ago. When will they ever learn? Let's do it again! #SavePortlandPE #SavePortlandPEAgain #PPS @SavePortlandPE @Super_GGuerrero @PPSConnect @akohnstamm @_RitaMoore @BrimJulia @EilidhPdx @depassforpps @EilidhPdx