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Five candidates are running for two contested seats on the Eugene 4J School Board in this month’s election. Candidates say they’re running to protect public education from both federal and local funding challenges.

Facing declining enrollment, higher costs and dwindling federal support, Eugene 4J School District is poised to make between $17 million and $30 million in budget cuts.

Eugene 4J School District will be able to continue to allow classroom conversations around race and gender after a federal judge Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s threats to defund schools.

Over the last decade, several hundred Native American students and their families helped design, carve, and paint a series of totem poles for the Eugene 4J Schools’ NATIVES program. Five were installed outside Eugene schools, often with the burning of sage and traditional drumming. Now—after criticism from some other local Native people—those same poles will be removed.

The Eugene 4J School District has adopted a three-year contract with new superintendent Miriam Mickelson, which will allow her to join the district on July 1.

The Eugene 4J School District selected a former Northwest Washington administrator to serve as its new superintendent at a board meeting Wednesday.

This May, voters will decide who represents them at school, fire and water districts.

Eugene 4J School District is preparing for significant budget cuts as enrollment declines and costs go up.

Eugene 4J School District is nearing the end of its search for a new superintendent.

This week the Eugene 4J School Board voted to update its policies making it explicitly clear that transgender students and staff are protected in the district.

The Eugene 4J school district is asking the public what qualities they would like to see in its next superintendent.

More than 40 students at Cesar E. Chavez Elementary in Eugene received free pairs of glasses at a Thursday event.