News and updates about how your school bond dollars are being put to work.
- Summer Bond Work Heats Up
Old heating oil tanks are coming out of the ground School’s out for summer, but it’s not vacation time for local contractors. Work is underway across the Eugene School District, thanks to the bond measures voters passed in 2011 and 2013. One important summer project isn’t in classrooms or school buildings, but outside of them. Old underground ...Read more... - Technology Expands Learning Beyond Classroom Walls
Bond-funded tech helps students connect to global world, learn career skills In Martha “Monty” Montgomery’s seventh-grade classroom at Kelly Middle School, there’s one laptop computer for every two students, and students use them nearly all day. At every 4J school the oldest student computers are being replaced with brand-new laptops as part of the Crossroads Technology Replacement Project funded ...Read more... - Roosevelt Design Taking Shape
Public invited to open house about design of new middle school The design of the new Roosevelt Middle School is taking shape! Community members are invited to a public meeting on May 27 about the design of the new Roosevelt Middle School building and site, including an option to sell part of the site to Eugene ...Read more... - Big Grant Boosts STEM Education at Arts & Technology AcademySchool gets nearly $700,000 grant to increase hands-on integrated learning in science, technology, engineering and math Dream. Design. Make. Learn. That’s what middle school students at 4J’s Arts & Technology Academy will soon be doing more of, thanks to a $690,932 STEM Lab School grant from the state. The Arts & Technology Academy emphasizes STEM studies (or STEAM, including ...Read more...
- Edison Elementary School Master Plan Meeting
Community invited to open house to learn more, provide input A master plan to guide future improvements of the Edison Elementary School building has been developed with input from students, parents, staff and neighbors. Parents and community members are invited to learn more and provide input at an open house on May 15. WHAT: Edison Master Plan Public Meeting WHEN: Thursday, May 15, 2013 at 6 p.m. WHERE: Edison Elementary School, 1328 East 22nd Ave. Robertson ...Read more... - River Road School Design Gets Underway
Public invited to open house about design of new school Design for a new River Road/El Camino del Río Elementary School is underway. River Road is one of the four schools, among 4J’s oldest and most inefficient, that will be replaced or renovated over the next few years, thanks to voters’ approval of the school bond measure in May ...Read more... - 4J Schools Refresh Student Technology
First bond-funded computers delivered to every school Our students are getting their hands on some new technology, thanks to voters’ approval of the school bond measure last May. This spring every 4J school is receiving a new mobile computer lab holding 36 MacBook Airs. The mobile labs are called “COWs,” which stands for Computers On Wheels. The technology refresh ...Read more... - New Howard Elementary School Designs Presented
Public invited to learn more at meeting on April 8 The vision for a new Howard Elementary School is coming into focus! The future building and landscape are taking shape based on input from staff, students and community members. Parents, neighbors, and other community members are invited to a public meeting about the design and site plan for the new Howard Elementary ...Read more... - Designing New Schools for EugeneCommunity invited to provide input on school design Four of 4J’s oldest schools will be replaced or renovated in the next few years, thanks to voters’ approval of the school bond measure in May 2013. Design has started on three of the new schools. Please join us at an upcoming public meeting about the design of each school. • Get a look at design progress ...Read more...
- 4J & YMCA Consider a Future Together at Roosevelt SiteThe Eugene School District and the Eugene Family YMCA are moving forward to consider if the Roosevelt Middle School site could also be the Y’s future home. Superintendent Shelley Berman is recommending that the Eugene School Board initiate a public process to consider whether to sell, lease or trade a portion of the Roosevelt Middle School ...Read more...
