Communications Department News & Information

Información en español Vaccine authorized for children age 5–11 • Vaccine clinics will be held at schools and other locations in November   Schedule a Vaccine Clinic Appointment (available each Friday for the following week) Update Nov. 5: Next week’s vaccine clinic appointments are filled. Lane County will open appointments next Friday for the following week. Vaccines also may ...

Información en español Ericka Thessen, Tom Di Liberto and Dakota Boulette selected for volunteer panel  The 4J school board has appointed three district residents, Ericka Thessen, Tom Di Liberto and Dakota Boulette, to serve on the district’s budget committee. All three will be new members of the budget committee. Mr. Di Liberto, a retired 4J teacher, and Ms. ...

Información en español   |  Solicitud para cambio Families may request to change between in-person and online school programs for second term • Deadline Nov. 15 for middle and high school, Jan. 10 for elementary  Change Request Form There are three learning pathways available to 4J students this school year: attending their regular school in-person full-time, 4J K–5 ...

Información en español Local vaccine clinics are being planned for children age 5–11 Vaccination is the best protection against getting and spreading COVID-19—and the best prevention against having to quarantine—if exposed at school or elsewhere. Vaccines for students in grades K–6 may be available starting next week. The FDA has authorized emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine for children age 5–11. Oregon is ...

Información en español Schools could be closed Nov. 24 & Jan. 14 if approved by school board   4J schools may be closed the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, and the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 14, if the school board approves the change. These would be no-school days for students and full work days ...

Información en español What happens when there’s a COVID case at school? Parent information webinar on Nov. 9 will answer questions about COVID cases and quarantines  Eugene School District 4J is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our students and staff. The district is holding a parent information webinar to keep families up to date ...

Información en español Meals are prepared at other schools and delivered to sites where kitchens have closed, to keep providing free meals for all students Eugene School District 4J has closed kitchens at several schools and consolidated operations due to extreme staff shortages, with not enough food service workers available to prepare meals at all sites. Facing an ...

Información en español October 27, 2021 School Board Work Session On Wednesday, Oct. 27, the school board held a work session. The session was held virtually and was open to the public via live video on Zoom, live audio stream, and radio broadcast on KRVM 1280 AM and 98.7 FM. Work Session The board conducted interviews with representatives of three ...

Información en español October 20, 2021 School Board Work Session and Regular Meeting On Wednesday, Oct. 20, the school board held a work session and regular meeting. Community members attended the meeting in person, and the session also was open to the public via live video on Zoom, live audio stream, and radio broadcast on KRVM 1280-AM and ...

Información en español Spring and summer bond projects wrap up in time for fall While school was out for the summer, work crews labored across the district completing planned improvements to school facilities. In addition to the annual summer work of deep cleaning, groundskeeping and maintenance projects, the 4J facilities team tackled more than 20 school improvement projects ...

Información en español Online tool provides current, relevant information about COVID-19 cases and quarantines among students and staff in school buildings COVID-19 Case Dashboard Eugene School District 4J has launched a major upgrade of the online COVID-19 case dashboard to keep the community informed about active cases and quarantines among students and staff. The dashboard is as real-time as ...

Información en español Bus driver starting pay now over $20 per hour • Temporary 25% wage boost plus $1500 in bonuses for transportation staff • Certain custodian classifications moved to higher pay grades  Eugene School District 4J is offering significant pay boosts for transportation employees this year as the district seeks to fill numerous jobs that provide ...

Información en español 98.6% of teachers and administrators, 96.4% of all regular staff verified fully vaccinated by statewide deadline of October 18 • Requests for medical or religious exceptions are under review Oregon’s statewide mandate for all school staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 goes into effect October 18. Eugene School District 4J is complying with ...

Información en español 4J’s annual Oct. 1 student head count was 15,718, down 121 students from last year  Student enrollment in Eugene School District 4J declined by more than 100 students this year, in a continuing sign of the coronavirus pandemic’s impacts. This is the second consecutive year of enrollment decline. During the pandemic more families have ...

Información en español Agreements outline timeline and options related to required COVID-19 vaccination  Eugene School District 4J has reached agreements with its licensed and classified employee associations on how to implement the statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and also on providing members coverage for COVID-related absences under a temporary districtwide paid leave program. 4J is complying with the statewide ...