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Eugene School District (4J) is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is one of two school districts that serve the city of Eugene.

One of the largest of Oregon's approximately 200 school districts, 4J serves about 16,500 students and spans 155 square miles in the southern Willamette Valley, including the city of Coburg and a small part of Linn County to the north. About 85 percent of the City of Eugene lies inside 4J's boundaries.[1]

Demographics

About 16,500 students attend school in the district's 22 elementary school programs, two K–8 programs, 10 middle school programs, and 10 high school programs. The three public charter schools located in the district serve about 530 additional students.[2]

Approximately 25 percent of the student body and 10 percent of the teaching staff are members of racial/ethnic minority groups. [3]

About 40 percent of students in the Eugene School District qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a key measure of poverty in school districts. In the 2009 school year, the district had 743 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 4.2% of students in the district.[4]

History

The district that would evolve into Eugene School District 4J started in 1854, five years before Oregon attained statehood. The district is numbered 4J because it was the fourth school district incorporated in Lane County and is a joint (J) district — its boundary includes a small part of Linn County to the north. The district's name changed in 1964, when it absorbed Coburg School, whose attendance boundary goes nearly to Harrisburg.[5]

School Programs

The Eugene School District includes four full-service high schools. Churchill (1966) serves the southwest portion of Eugene, as well as rural areas south and west of the city. North Eugene (1957) serves the River Road and Santa Clara neighborhoods north of Eugene proper. Sheldon High (1963) students come from the Coburg Road area north of downtown Eugene, as well as the city of Coburg and the rural area in between. South Eugene (1901), formerly Eugene High, is the district's oldest high school. It serves the city south and east of the downtown area and the University of Oregon.

Magnet schools and alternative education are key elements of the Eugene School District. There are four elementary schools that immerse the students in a foreign language for half or all of the day: Buena Vista Spanish immersion, River Road/El Camino del Rio Spanish/English dual immersion, Yujin Gakuen Japanese immersion, and Charlemagne French immersion. Language immersion offerings continue K–12, allowing students to continue their intensive Spanish, French or Japanese programs through middle school and high school. Other alternative schools include Corridor Elementary School, Arts & Technology Academy, and Family School. The district also sponsors three public charter schools, which operate independently of the school district: Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School, The Village School, and Network Charter School. The curriculum of the Network Charter School, in downtown Eugene, is drawn from an alliance of local businesses and non-profits.

Elementary schools

  • Adams Elementary School
  • Arts & Technology Academy (K–8)
  • Awbrey Park Elementary School
  • Bertha Holt Elementary School
  • Buena Vista Elementary School (Spanish immersion)
  • Camas Ridge Community Elementary School
  • César E. Chávez Elementary School
  • Charlemagne at Fox Hollow Elementary School (French immersion)
  • Coburg Elementary School
  • Corridor Elementary School
  • Crest Drive Elementary School
  • Edgewood Community Elementary School
  • Edison Elementary School
  • Family School (K-8 alternative school)
  • Gilham Elementary School
  • Howard Elementary School
  • McCornack Elementary School
  • Meadowlark Elementary School
  • Parker Elementary School
  • Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School (K-8 charter school)
  • River Road/El Camino del Rio Elementary School (Spanish/English dual immersion)
  • Spring Creek Elementary School
  • Twin Oaks Elementary School
  • Willagillespie Elementary School
  • The Village School (K-8 charter school)
  • Yujin Gakuen Elementary School (Japanese immersion)

Middle schools

  • Arts & Technology Academy
    • K–8 program
    • Co-located with Family School
  • Cal Young Middle School
    • Founded in the 1950s
    • Approximately 586 students (2006-2007 school year census)
    • New school constructed from 2003 to 2006
    • Old school demolished in June 2006
  • Family School
    • K–8 program
    • Co-located with Arts & Technology Academy
  • French Immersion Middle School
    • A program of Roosevelt Middle School
  • Kelly Middle School
  • Kennedy Middle School
  • Madison Middle School
  • Monroe Middle School
  • Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School
    • K–8 charter school
    • Co-located with The Village School
  • Roosevelt Middle School
  • Spanish Immersion Middle School
    • A program of Monroe Middle School
  • Spencer Butte Middle School
    • Named after Spencer Butte
    • Principal, Cidney Vandercar
    • Distance Track Team has scored more points than any other distance team since 2000
  • The Village School
    • K–8 charter school
    • Co-located with Ridgeline Montessori
  • Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion Middle School
    • A program of Kelly Middle School

High schools

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.4j.lane.edu/district/districtfacts
  2. ^ http://www.4j.lane.edu/district/districtfacts
  3. ^ "Schools Reach Diversity Goal: The Eugene School District hopes to continue to increase the proportion of minority teachers". The Register-Guard. p. 2. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  4. ^ "Count of homeless students in Oregon school districts, 2008-2009" (PDF). The Oregonian. p. 6. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  5. ^ http://www.4j.lane.edu/district/districtfacts


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