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@GovTinaKotek Next up - getting the state funding needed to fully fund our schools.

PPS students will be back in school on Monday. And that’s a win for everyone.

@BrimJulia @PPSConnect Thank you for your hard, unpaid, work over the past weeks.

‼️ ‼️ Contract Settled, School Tomorrow ⁦@PPSConnect⁩ smore.com/nxrkh-contract…

@jrlsilverman Those two statements from the district seem incompatible.

But it won't be at a public board meeting, though one was scheduled for today. There are "last minute issues" that preclude that, per a district statement, though they "remain hopeful" for school tomorrow. Excuse me while I go blow into a paper bag now.

Who is in the mood for big news to break today? I surely am.

@BrimJulia @PPSConnect Can you explain why “possible”? Thank you.

Still working towards a Monday PPS school opening … so our kids can get back into schools. Two possible @PPSConnect Special School Board meetings tomorrow.

@jrlsilverman @PPSConnect @pdxteachers Welcome back! Fingers crossed today is the day.

Woke up this AM to bargaining updates from both @PPSConnect and @pdxteachers which (typically) raise more questions than answers. I have asked for clarifications from all sides, but here's what we know right now: (1/7)

@BrimJulia Is PAT’s email accurate that the remaining dispute is over one unpaid day of labor?

Update as of 11:12 pm. Continuing to work towards a settlement tonight. smore.com/b0uy9-bargaini…

@pdxteachers What other issues? This vague communication is not helpful.

@NedStanley @DocAdams1020 It was about whether parents can have a role in the committee to decide class sizes in individual classrooms, per the PPS press conference.

@DocAdams1020 What was the language that caused the disagreement?

@kaufmac @jrlsilverman Seriously. The lack of PPS substantive comms for over a week now is maddening.

Two very different narratives emerging this AM from the PPS/PAT negotiations. PAT says there *was* a tentative agreement and the full board turned it down. PPS board chair says there *was not* a TA and that they were still going back+forth re: class size committees.

@jrlsilverman Do you have any details beyond the general PAT update last night?

Woke up feeling hopeful that we will see a tentative agreement on the table today bet. PPS+PAT, incl lang on makeup hours+health coverage. My unease: will it be ratified? Emotions have just run so high.

@BrimJulia @pdxteachers @PPSConnect Thanks for the updates. Wish PPS were keeping us better informed.

Past Midnight 🕛 and just got home from PPS & PAT mediation. What’s the update? I agree with the lead from the @pdxteachers nightly brief ⬇️ Back at it Sunday am w/ @PPSConnect team. #orpol

@jrlsilverman Yesterday’s PAT update wasn’t encouraging though….

Pretty publicly quiet on the PPS/PAT bargaining front today, which doesn't mean stuff isn't happening. It's maybe a good sign – heads down, trying to get to agreement on the big three -- workload, planning time and compensation -- is my sense.

@chalkup It fluctuates so much too. Llewellyn is weirdly small this year, but 4 years ago my son has 35 in 4th grade and five years ago my daughter had 30 in Kindergarten. These things can change very quickly.

Big class sizes a sticking point in Portland teacher strike: See which elementary schools have many, few or no such classes. We make it easy for you to see biggest, smallest classes in PPS plus the size of each class in any elementary school oregonlive.com/education/2023…

@GovTinaKotek That’s it? What are you doing? How are you helping to get money to PPS so that the teachers’ very basic demands can be met?

To families in Portland impacted by the teacher strike: My team and I are working every day to help the sides reach a resolution and get kids back in school.

@JonGarc1a Really? kgw.com/article/news/l…

We want to be clear: PPS is not and will not use a teacher’s access to healthcare coverage as a bargaining tool.

@jrlsilverman @GovTinaKotek @PPSConnect @pdxteachers I first read this that Kotek would be mediating….

NEWS: The state mediator's plans have changed. Per @GovTinaKotek's office, she will be present for negotiations tomorrow between @PPSConnect and @pdxteachers.

@OW_Photography Wow!

We had a storm here in Abisko last night which meant one thing for me, go head to the west of the lake and find some plants covered in ice from lake Torneträsk The morning didn't disappoint and found some interesting plants covered in ice!

@jrlsilverman I’m guessing November 14.

Not looking like PPS buildings will be open tomorrow, though it will be a few more hours until we know for sure. Now accepting your best guesses in the comments for what date kids+teachers will be back. oregonlive.com/education/2023…

@RManning47 @PPSConnect @NataliePateGwin Great article.

A thorough examination of where the $ differences are between ⁦@PPSConnect⁩ and PAT. #PPSstrike ⁦@NataliePateGwin⁩ opb.org/article/2023/1…

@Random_Walk_PDX @elliottyoungpdx With students leaving PPS, looks like estimated for next year are around 11k. Well below the National average.

@Random_Walk_PDX @elliottyoungpdx That is not accurate. It’s about 9k on average. southeastexaminer.com/2022/04/pps-bu….