Boys & Girls Clubs Of Portland Metro To Be Community Resource Hub During Portland Public Schools Strike - 11/02/23
(PORTLAND, Ore.) Nov. 2, 2023—The Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro Area an official Portland Public School district partner is working on a collaborative plan to serve youth and families during the strike. Effective November 1st the strike will impact Regence, Blazers and Wattles Clubs families.
The Blazers Boys & Girls Club will function as a community resource hub where several community-based programs that normally operate on school campuses will be providing social emotional and academic supports to families impacted by the strike in an effort to minimize disruption to services students typically receive on campus.
BGCP is working with partners to secure food donations that can be distributed to our Clubs that are affected by the strike so there is food for Club members to take home to cover meals that they would normally receive during school hours.
“Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro has a solid plan to support our Club members as well as other neighborhood PPS families who will be impacted by school closures. We hope PPS and PAT will be able to negotiate a settlement quickly so students can get back to school. Missed school time is not ideal for any of our youth, so we are hoping negotiations don’t extend too long so that we avoid significant learning loss for the youth that we serve,” said Terry Johnson, CEO for Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro Area is committed to pulling together to help get families and other PPS students through this moment in time.