⏰ We have until noon on Tuesday, October 27. Councilor Mitch Green (District 4, our district) is filing an emergency “Save Public Schools” resolution with Portland City Council. To be heard at Wednesday’s Council meeting, it needs 9 of the 12 councilors to sign on by noon tomorrow. Councilor Green’s office reached out to parent organizers today asking families to email councilors right away.
📜 What the resolution does:
- Urges the PPS Board to pause its school closure and realignment plan.
- Urges Governor Kotek to release Education Stability Funds to pause the closure process.
- Makes revenue reform and school funding a top priority for the 2027 Oregon Legislature, including reforming the kicker and referring a fix for Measures 5 and 50 to voters.
- Calls the closures, up to 14 schools including six Title I schools, a serious risk to the City and to programs like SUN Community Schools.
✉️ Email every councilor now. It takes two minutes. Tap the button to open an email to all 11 other councilors with our template filled in, fill in the [brackets], add a line about your family, and send.
📧 Email all councilors with our template
If the button doesn’t open your email, copy the subject and the email below and send them to the councilors listed under them.
Subject:
Email:
Dear Councilors,
I’m writing to you this evening with urgency about Councilor Mitch Green’s Save Public Schools Resolution.
Healthy public schools are the centerpieces of our city’s vibrant neighborhoods, and school closures damage communities and should be a last resort. Please sign off by noon on Tuesday, October 27, on the 9/12ths request to add the “Save Public Schools Resolution” to the Wednesday, October 28 City Council agenda. The resolution urges state and local officials to stall the impending crisis of school closures in Portland Public Schools and to implement revenue reform.
PPS families are being asked to accept closures and cuts caused by years of state underfunding. PPS has cut $171.8 million in services since 2023–24 and already projects another $65.2 million deficit for 2027–28.
Our city can’t afford to close neighborhood schools, which are the lifelines and heartbeats of our local communities. Please fight for more funding for Portland students and for kids throughout the state.
I want my child to be able to continue to thrive in Portland’s public education system. Now is the time for all of us to step up and demand that the city and state do right by our children.
With appreciation,
[Your name]
[Your neighborhood or council district]
👥 Who to email (tap a name to email them):
- District 4 (Maplewood and SW Portland): Olivia Clark, Eric Zimmerman
- District 1: Candace Avalos, Loretta Smith, Jamie Dunphy
- District 2: Elana Pirtle-Guiney, Dan Ryan, Sameer Kanal
- District 3: Tiffany Koyama Lane, Steve Novick, Angelita Morillo
All 11 addresses, to paste into the To: field:
Not sure which district you live in? Find your council district. Your own district’s councilors matter most, but every signature counts toward the nine.
📣 Pass it on. Share this post with your school, PTA, friends and neighbors tonight. The more emails councilors see before noon, the better.
🔗 Read the full resolution: Save Public Schools Resolution (Councilor Mitch Green, Oct. 26, 2026). See more ways to help on our Save Maplewood hub page.