Safe Structures PPS, the parent group advocating for seismic improvements to buildings across Portland Public Schools’ portfolio, says the district must be proactive in releasing a list of schools it plans to retrofit.

Promises of those retrofits were part of a last minute push to help PPS pass a $1.83 billion school bond for its facilities in May—the largest in Oregon’s history. Of the $190 million set aside for deferred maintenance, the Portland School Board directed that $100 million be set aside for emergency projects that address “imminent risk” but pledged that seismic funds would be the next top priority, and would also collect any money saved from high school modernization projects.

The resolution charged the superintendent to develop a spending plan, otherwise termed the Seismic

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