Board Meetings

When: The Eugene School Board usually meets in regular public sessions on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 6 p.m. This schedule sometimes varies, and additional meetings and work sessions are scheduled as necessary. The schedule of board meetings for the current school year is listed in the dropdown menu below, or it can be viewed and downloaded as a PDF.

Where: Meetings are held at the 4J Education Center, 200 North Monroe St. in Eugene, and online via Zoom.

What: Agendas and meeting materials for the current school year are posted in the meeting drop-down menu below and on 4J’s BoardBook webpage the Friday evening before each board meeting.

Recordings: Board meeting recordings for the current school year are linked in the meeting drop-down menu below. Board meeting archives for previous years are available online. 
 

Members of the public are welcome to observe any regular or specially scheduled board meeting or work session. On occasion the board may hold an executive session to cover specific types of confidential information; executive sessions are not open to the public, in accordance with Oregon law.

Attend in person: Board meetings and work sessions are held in person, at the 4J Education Center, 200 N. Monroe St., with the option of remote participation. The hybrid format gives all participants—board members, staff, speakers, audience members—the opportunity to join in virtually or in person.>

Attend virtually: Board meetings and work sessions are open to the public via live broadcast on KRVM 1280-AM and 98.7 FM, audio streamed online, and video streamed via Zoom, pursuant to ORS 192.670. 

Each school board meeting or work session normally has time set aside for public comment; this is listed on the agenda as “Items Raised by the Audience.” Board members also read emails with written comments sent to board@4j.lane.edu. To request to speak to the board in the next public comment period in a board meeting, submit a request by 5 p.m. on the Monday before the meeting.

Up to 10 community members will be scheduled to provide public comment at each meeting, with a 3-minute time limit per speaker. If more than 10 people request to speak, priority will be given to district residents who did not provide public comment during the previous two meetings, after which the selection of speakers will be determined randomly.

Comments do not need to be related to items on the meeting agenda. Please be aware that the school board is a policy-making body and does not direct or decide the day-to-day operations of the district. Most concerns are best resolved by communication with the individual employee, school or department directly involved in the issue, or with the school principal or program administrator. Complaints about individual employees should be directed to the supervisor or superintendent’s office, not to the board, as a personnel matter. Information about the district’s complaint process are available on the 4J website.
 

Request to Speak Form (by 5 p.m. the Monday before the board meeting)
 Email the School Board 

Visit the Board Meeting Archives for agendas, written meeting summaries and links to audio and video recordings of previous school years’ board meetings.