Eugene School District 4J

Ahja Swanberg

It depends which school you go to. In my experience, Sheldon high school was a really terrible experience for me because of the lack of support for anything that isn't being athletic and wildly extroverted. South Eugene high school, however, is an excellent school for all types of people, especially those who are sensitive/artsy/generally calm. South is very supportive in general while Sheldon is geared toward one type of student. The 4J district as a whole, I've always had a good experience with. It's mostly a bunch of wonderful teachers and a district that is always growing to fit the needs of the students and their families!

Shelby Jane

4j is a HORRIBLE district in our experience, maybe it’s just the specific elementary school we’ve delt with. As a blended-extended family where both parents have remarried, even with a court order showcasing access with no restrictions the school does not disclose appropriate information to both sets of parents and communicates in a very discriminatory manner. The principal is very rude, very judgemental and discriminates towards non-custodial parents. Let me repeat, year after year we have been discriminated against. The teachers are a joke, huge class sizes, inability to contain and control their classrooms. Unable to address students needs, students are not taught to abide by deadlines, we consistently get notified “due dates” have been pushed back we’re talking by weeks and months! Projects don’t get finished, homework is very laxed and afterschool activities seem to take precedent over actual school work. How can we expect to raise a generation of hard workers when they aren’t being taught to follow deadlines, finish their work and don’t have consequences for not turning in work?

Amber Lawrenz

The government cannot run a business and aren't supposed to. The post office is still open only because they keep stealing my money and using it to keep it open. Wish I could steal from them to keep my business running. With that said, public school system are no different than the post office, so why people would expect them to be is foolish. It cost, on average, 18000 dollars per student, per year to send them to a public school. It cost, on average, 5000 a year for a child to go to private school. Public schools are bad, for one, because they have no competition and two, don't have the worry of going out of business. Private schools are better because they have competion and will close if they are bad. I really urge people, since government theft doesn't look like it's stopping any time soon, to contact and demand that all public schools be closed. If the government would give 5000 dollar vouchers to parents, per child, for a private school of the parents choice, (the lowest that is spent to send a child to public school is just under 8000 per year) I think we would see great improvement in education. If parents don't like the school because it's bad, then they won't end up spending the money there and the school will go out of business. Chances are they will want your money, so they will do what they need to improve. This saves the victims who are being robbed, on average, 13000 per student, per year. I highly doubt that's what the government really spends and the public school system is a front . As I can't see how a private school, a good one, can thrive on 5000, but at 18000 a public one is horrible, but that's a different topic. As for the trachers in 4j, I have met some great ones that I loved and a couple that had no business being around children. My above statement's, I believe would weed that out as well.

Sandra DB

My daughters been going to 4-J all her life. I've visited with all of her teachers from K-7th, and feel like the teachers do really care about the kids. The district has budget issues, and large class sizes, but that's widespread and not isolated to just 4-J.