Portland Public Schools on Monday unveiled an updated seismic formula to the Portland School Board’s facilities and operations committee.

Many of the buildings in the district’s aging portfolio are not seismically safe. The $1.83 billion school bond voters passed in May was accompanied by intense pressure from parents for that money to include funds for seismic retrofits. A May School Board resolution called for money in the bond to be prioritized toward mitigating seismic deficiencies, particularly “at the 8–10 schools assessed to pose the greatest risk of injury or death in a significant seismic event.” Currently, that budget stands at about $100 million.

PPS officials faced additional blowback last month when a draft seismic formula weighed risk as 35% of the total consideration for

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