PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior students in Portland can dust off the caps and gowns because graduation day is back on. Portland Public Schools (PPS) announced Tuesday night that all of the district's comprehensive high schools will have their graduation ceremonies at Providence Park in June.
Most of the PPS high schools are comprehensive, including Cleveland, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, McDaniel, Roosevelt and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. PPS also has some focus schools and alternative programs.
PPS superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero said it's important to bring back this tradition. "Holding commencement ceremonies outdoors will allow us to welcome graduates and their families to be together for this important day," Guerrero said.
The ceremonies are still contingent on the latest COVID metrics. Details for each specific school are expected to come out later this week.
Last year, because of pandemic restrictions, most graduation ceremonies were held at individual high schools as drive-through events.