Welcome to the Irvington Elementary PTA!

Upcoming Meetings and Events:

• Thursday, October 22nd, 6 – 8pm: P.A.T Save Our Schools Summit at Irvington Join our local teachers’ union to learn about what you can do to protect our public schools. Event held in the Irvington Cafeteria. Kids welcome, food provided, interpretation available. (RSVP to this or future events here)
• Thursday, October 22nd, 6 – 8pm: PPS Event @ McDaniel High School – Community Voice: Black/African American Community Connection (RSVP Form)
• Saturday, October 24th, 7:30am: Wildwood Ride – Join folks from James John Elementary and other affected schools to walk or ride across the St. John’s Bridge in a moving action. Meet at 7:30am at the St. John’s Library and depart for the bridge at 8am. (Info Here)
• Saturday, October 24th, 1 – 3pm @ Jefferson High School: PPS Event – School Impact Conversation: North Region (for families and communities in the Jefferson/Roosevelt region) (RSVP Form)
• Monday, October 26th, 6 – 8pm @ Barbie’s Village: PPS Event – Community Voice: Native Families (RSVP Form)
• Tuesday, October 27th, 6 – 8pm @ Lincoln High School: PPS Event – Board of Education Community Connection. Engage your Board Members with your questions and comments. (RSVP Form)
• Wednesday, October 28th, 6 – 8pm virtually: PPS Event – Board of Education Community Connection. Engage your Board Members with your questions and comments. (RSVP Form)
• Friday, October 30th – save the date for a possible N/NE quadrant wide rally to reform education funding now and stop the PPS closures, more info to come
• Friday, October 30th, 10am – 1pm @ Mike Bennett Studios: Save Our Schools Event – Let’s Make Our Voices Heard – come take action with fellow families and community members and write letters to the PPS School Board urging them to stop these school closures (Flyer Here)
• Wednesday, November 4th, 6pm @ PPS Prophet Education Center: PPS Event – School Board Meeting. The Superintendent will share some “themes” from the listening process. (RSVP Form)
• Monday, November 9th, 9:30 – 10:30am: Irvington Event – Listening session with School Board Members Michelle DePass and Virginia La Forte in Irvington School Library.
• Saturday, November 14th, 10am-12pm: P.A.T Event – P.A.T. March and Rally for Schools Begin at the P.A.T. Headquarters (345 NE 8th) and proceed across the Burnside Bridge to protest school closures.
• Tuesday, November 17, 6pm: PPS Event – PPS School Board Meeting. Expect a rally ahead of this board meeting (5-6pm) when the Superintendent will present her recommendation to the board.

Ways to Connect and Get Involved:

• • If you are looking for a place to connect, converse and swap information with your Irvington school community, join “Irvington & PPS Proposals” Slack channel.  Learn more about it here. 
  • If you have questions or concerns about the school closure proposal, need to get clarity and want to take action, join with a group of families coming together to identify major issues about the school closure proposals that have not been answered by the district and moving to action together. Connect with the group by emailing irvingtonfamilies4publicschool@gmail.com
  • If you are ready to carry our voice beyond Irvington to the people who decide for every Oregon child, join Oregon Schools Together Now, a new coalition uniting families of the 78,000 students across PPS and Salem-Keizer. Our first caravan to Salem leaves this Friday, October 16, right after drop-off.

• Fill out the PPS District-wide Rightsizing Scenario Feedback Form

• Complete the Irvington PTA  “PPS Rightsizing Announcement Survey”