Application for Appointment to Parkrose School District Board of Education

Qualifications: The Board appointee must be a legally registered voter, a resident within the district for one year immediately preceding the appointment and may not be an employee of the district. -Policy BBE

Term: Position #5 term of office running through June 30, 2025.

Compensation: This is an unpaid volunteer position. Training is provided. 

Recommended Practice: School Board Members are discouraged from holding office in any school-based volunteer organizations (e.g. parent groups or site council) while also serving on the board.

Time Commitment: The board meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month from 6:00pm to 9:30pm at the district office. In addition, 2-4 budget meetings are held on Wednesday evenings in the Spring.

Duties: The school board serves the community by setting district policy, mission and goals. Board members approve the district budget; evaluate progress toward annual goals; guide collective bargaining; and evaluate the superintendent. The superintendent manages the staff who put board policies into practice. A board member must be a skilled decision-maker and team player, a public-education advocate, policy maker, and a vital link between community and school.

Application Deadline: Applications must be submitted to the District Administrative Office no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, September 2nd, 2024. Applications may be submitted online, or a paper copy may be requested at the District Administration Office located at 10636 N.E. Prescott St., Portland. 

Questions: If you have any questions, please email questions@parkrose.k12.or.us or call 503-408-2114

Interview Date: Interviews will be held in-person during the Monday, September 9th, 2024 School Board Meeting at the District Administration Office at 6:30pm. Qualified applicants to be interviewed will have their application and video recorded interviews posted as public information on our website.

Online Application Link: https://forms.gle/KLC3ih9Fz3t8NPsr7 

The Parkrose Board of Education of School District No. 3, Multnomah County, Oregon, will convene in a Virtual Board Organizational Meeting on Monday, July 8, 2024 at the hour of 6:00pm, see online link below.

Guests and members of the public may attend virtually.  

Virtual Link - Please click this URL to join: https://zoom.us/j/94961285856 or join by phone: 1-253-215-8782 Webinar ID: 949-6128-5856

We encourage and welcome all members of our community to engage with our board. Please email questions@parkrose.k12.or.us or call 503.408.2100 to arrange for translation services at least 72 hours before this meeting. Closed captioning provided on zoom. Other appropriate auxiliary aids and services may be provided upon request and appropriate advance notice.

The agenda is posted on our website at:LINK.

Agenda items include, but are not limited to: Board elections for Chair and Vice Chair, many Consent Agenda items most of which are organizational authorizations, designations and rates information required each year in July. They will discuss a board vacancy for position #5 and hear an update regarding the Local Option Levy.    

Electronic/Virtual Public Comment Protocol - If you wish to submit a public comment before, or during this Board Meeting please fill out this electronic public comment form before "Public Comments" on the agenda: https://forms.gle/5sUjRZjxJikqmqVg9. If you don’t submit your comment in time we will read it at the next board meeting.

Board Meeting Video Recordings - For those of you who cannot attend we will post a recording of the meeting on our website at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXajhxrPxMclOQ6J00JUszQ.

Questions welcomed, please email: questions@parkrose.k12.or.us or leave a voice message at 503-408-2114.online see link below.