Retrospective coverage for October 16, 2026. First published October 26, 2026 06:07 -07:00 (Pacific time). This is an AI-assisted brief compiled from linked public source records; the coverage date is not the publication date.
San Diego Unified scheduled PowerSchool maintenance beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, and continuing through Sunday, Oct. 18. The district’s advance notice said the outage would affect all users, including administrators, teachers and families using the Parent/Student Portal. District IT notice
The work included an upgrade of PowerSchool Administrator to version 26.5.0.0. The notice was posted Sept. 28, giving school staff and households advance warning that the system would not be available during the maintenance window.
The IT department directed users to its systems-status page for current application updates and said a separate message would follow completion of the upgrade. It also provided an online support-case route for PowerSchool questions.
The notice did not specify a Sunday restoration time. This retrospective records the announced shutdown window, not a verified completion time or evidence that all services resumed as planned.