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District residents are invited to apply by Nov. 15

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Eugene School District 4J is inviting applications for its volunteer budget committee. There are two openings on the committee. Residents interested in serving on the committee should apply by Tuesday, November 15, at midnight.

About the committee

The budget committee has 14 members: the seven school board members and an equal number of citizen volunteers appointed by the board. The budget committee reviews annual budget proposals to ensure that the district is planning to spend money in furtherance of district goals. The committee examines the proposed budget, listens to comments from community members, and then approves the budget total and tax rates to be forwarded to the school board for adoption.

Requirements

Applicants must be registered voters and must live within the boundaries of Eugene School District 4J. Positions are non-partisan, unpaid, and are not connected to any specific region within the district. Applicants do not need to be parents. 4J employees are not eligible for appointment. Members with expired terms may reapply.

Term of service

Committee members serve for three-year terms. These two appointed members will serve through June 30, 2025. The budget committee typically meets once in January and twice in May. Meetings are normally scheduled on Monday evenings. New appointees are also expected to participate in an orientation session. If appointees wish to serve longer, they may apply for reappointment after their term expires.

Application form due November 15, at midnight (12:00 a.m.)

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La Junta busca candidatos para el Comité de presupuesto

Se invita a los residentes del distrito a postularse

Solicitar en línea

El Distrito Escolar de Eugene 4J está invitando solicitudes para su comité voluntario de presupuesto. Hay dos vacantes en el comité. Los residentes interesados ​​en formar parte del comité deben enviar su solicitud antes del martes 15 de noviembre a la medianoche.

Acerca del comité

El comité de presupuesto tiene 14 miembros, los siete miembros de la junta escolar y un número igual de ciudadanos voluntarios designados por la junta. El comité de presupuesto revisa las propuestas presupuestarias anuales para garantizar que el distrito esté planeando gastar dinero para promover las metas del distrito. El comité examina el presupuesto propuesto, escucha los comentarios de los miembros de la comunidad y luego aprueba el total del presupuesto y las tasas de impuestos que se enviarán a la junta escolar para su adopción.

Requisitos

Los solicitantes deben ser votantes registrados y deben vivir dentro de los límites del Distrito Escolar de Eugene 4J. Los puestos son independientes, no remunerados y no están conectados a ninguna región específica dentro del distrito. Los solicitantes no necesitan ser padres. Los empleados del 4J no son elegibles para el nombramiento. Los miembros con términos vencidos pueden volver a solicitar.

Término de servicio

El comité de presupuesto normalmente se reúne una vez en enero y dos veces en mayo. Las reuniones normalmente se programan los lunes por la noche. También se espera que los nuevos designados participen en una sesión de orientación. Los dos miembros designados servirán hasta el 30 de junio de 2025. Si los designados desean servir por más tiempo, pueden solicitar la reelección después de que expire su mandato.

El formulario de solicitud vence el 15 de noviembre a la medianoche (12:00 a. m.)

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November 2, 2022
School Board Regular Meeting

On Wednesday, November 2, the school board held a regular meeting. The sessions were open to the public via live video on Zoom, live audio stream, and radio broadcast on KRVM 1280-AM and 98.7-FM.

Regular Meeting

Introductory Comments

Superintendent Andy Dey updated board members on district initiatives to ensure equitable outcomes for all students, one of his main priorities for the school year. He also extended an invitation to the Día De Los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) celebration at North Eugene High School on Friday, Nov. 4 (watch).

Items for Information (no board action is expected to be taken)

• Discussed legislative priorities (watch): Board members discussed their priorities for the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January and runs through June.

Items for Action

• Approved items on the consent agenda (watch): The board approved a contract with Sexual Assault Support Services; authorized the purchase of new furniture and technology for the new North Eugene High School building; and approved a contract for the building control systems for the new Camas Ridge Elementary School building.  It also approved the official minutes of the second session of the annual board retreat on October 1, as well as the minutes for the board meetings on October 12 and October 19. The vote was unanimous.

• Approved the selection process for 4J’s equity trainer (watch): The district is accepting responses to its request for quotes from individuals or firms interested in facilitating the board’s ongoing equity work. District staff provided board members with three options to make their selection. The board unanimously selected the option where board members will individually rank all the requests for quotes and select three to interview during a future work session. The board will rank the finalists at a future regular meeting and then vote to hire the trainer that receives the most points. The board also voted unanimously to add working with public boards as one of the criteria it will use in assessing the requests for quotes it receives.

• Authorized changes in appointing school board members to certain committees (watch): All board members are assigned to serve on various committees, both permanent standing committees as well as ad hoc committees that are convened for specific purposes. The board discussed having more uniform representation on ad hoc committees so that board members are sharing the load, and individual members aren’t sitting on either too many or too few of these committees.

The board approved an addition to its working agreements that says before any new committee can be created, members have a chance to discuss the appointments of board members at one meeting before finalizing the appointments at a second meeting. The vote was 6-l, with Michelle Hsu voting no.

The board also removed Laural O’Rourke from the board’s mental health subcommittee, approving her request. The vote was unanimous.

Earlier, the board rejected a motion to conduct a mid-year review of ad hoc board committees — those convened for a specific purpose — before additional ad hoc committee are convened. The vote was 4-3 with Maya Rabasa, Gordon Lafer, Michelle Hsu and Keerti Hasija Kauffman voting no, and Alicia Hays, Judy Newman and Laural O’Rourke voting yes.

• Rejected changes to scoring for the equity trainer selection process (watch): Following a discussion, the board rejected changing the scoring system used to evaluate the candidates for equity trainer so four of the five criteria — work experience, lived experience, skills and knowledge, availability and access, and cost — would be equally weighted at 30 points. The final criteria, cost, would have been scored using a 20-point scale. The vote was 4-3 with Maya Rabasa, Gordon Lafer, Michelle Hsu and Keerti Hasija Kauffman voting no, and Alicia Hays, Judy Newman and Laural O’Rourke voting yes. The scoring system will be as follows: work experience, up to 30 points; lived experience, 30; skills and knowledge, 20; availability and access, 10; and cost, 10.

Items for Future Action (board action is expected at a later meeting)

• Discussed revisions to the board policy on public complaints (watch): The board reviewed changes it had requested to Board Policy KL – Public Complaints. The proposed changes will better align with board goals and best practices for supporting public complaints.

• Considered a board resolution related to protective measures to ensure safe public meetings (watch): The board heard about and briefly discussed a proposed resolution to ensure that in-person public meetings are held in a manner that that is healthy and safe for community members, students, staff and school board.

• Discussed the performance evaluation process for the superintendent (watch): The board heard a brief overview of the performance evaluation of the superintendent that the board is required to complete every year.

Public Input

The board heard live public comment virtually via Zoom (watch). Three people spoke about increasing involvement of disabled and neurodivergent students in school activities, student behavior and standardized testing. To request to provide public comment to the school board, community members may complete an online request form by the Monday before the next regular board meeting. Community members also may send comments via email to board@4j.lane.edu.

Información en español

October 19, 2022
School Board Regular Meeting

On Wednesday, October 19, the school board held a regular meeting. The sessions were open to the public via live video on Zoom, live audio stream, and radio broadcast on KRVM 1280-AM and 98.7-FM.

Regular Meeting

Introductory Comments

Superintendent Andy Dey discussed how 4J provided two school buses earlier in the day to transport motorists stranded after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 and shared information about various initiatives to improve 4J communications to families and community members (watch).

Items for Information (no board action is expected to be taken)

• Received an update on enrollment for the current school year (watch): District staff detailed the changes in student enrollment this year and summarized the long-term trends in enrollment and the effects of the pandemic on those trends.

• Reviewed board membership to the Oregon School Board Association (watch): Superintendent Dey outlined what 4J receives as a OSBA member. Board member Laural O’Rourke read a statement related to 4J’s membership with the association. After discussion, the board directed staff to draft a resolution outlining its concerns about the association. The board will vote to approve the resolution at a future meeting.

• Received a report on Division 22 standards for the 2021–22 school year (watch): School districts must annually report to the school board and the state assurances that the district is complying with various standards set out in Oregon administrative rules for public schools. The standards require school districts to provide a minimum number of instructional hours; adhere to state graduation requirements to award high school diplomas; provide services to children with disabilities, emergent bilingual students (English learners), and talented and gifted students; and assess and record students’ individual progress and achievement, among other things. District staff provided a report on the standards the district is in compliance with, as well as how the district plans to meet requirements in the few areas where it is currently out of compliance.

Items for Action

• Approved items on the consent agenda (watch): The board approved routine personnel actions and the official minutes of the first session of the annual board retreat on September 6.

• Approved budget committee selection process (watch): There are two vacancies on the 4J budget committee that the school board will fill by appointment. One vacancy will be filled by a member of the district’s equity committee in compliance with a new state law. The board will solicit applications from November 1–15 for the other seat. Finalists for the position will be invited to the December 14 work session for a 10-minute interview. The board will make an appointment without discussion at a future meeting after ranking the finalists based on their interviews. The vote to approve the selection process was unanimous.

• Approved statement by individual board members supporting Measure 114 (watch): The board discussed whether to endorse Measure 114, a statewide gun-control initiative on the November ballot. The board agreed that individual board members could sign a statement in support of the measure, but the signed endorsement would not speak for the full board.

• Discussed changes to board subcommittee assignments (watch): Board members voted to not hold meetings of the board’s mental health subcommittee until they can discuss whether to change the membership of the subcommittee at their next regular meeting on November 2. The vote was unanimous. The board also voted to not discuss changing the mental health subcommittee’s membership at this meeting and to postpone that discussion until November 2. The vote was 5–1, with board members Maya Rabasa, Gordon Lafer, Alica Hays, Michelle Hsu and Judy Newman voting yes, and board member Laural O’Rourke voting no.

Items for Future Action (board action is expected at a later meeting)

• Discussed equity facilitation work (watch): The district is accepting responses to its request for quotes from individuals or firms interested in facilitating the board’s ongoing equity work. The board received and briefly discussed available options to select the equity trainer.

Public Input

The board heard live public comment virtually via Zoom (watch). Five people spoke about Measure 114, volunteers and dyslexia. To request to provide public comment to the school board, community members may complete an online request form by the Monday before the next regular board meeting. Community members also may send comments via email to board@4j.lane.edu.