Eugene School District 4J

Family School will be co-located at Camas Ridge Community School for the start of the 2026-27 school year, in September 2026.

Family School’s classrooms will be packed and moved by district staff and contractors during the summer of 2026, with Family School’s spaces in the building ready for teachers, support staff and parents in August 2026.

The new principal who will be responsible for the entire Camas Ridge campus and both school programs, will be assigned by July 1 and possibly sooner. Families and staffs will be informed about key leadership developments.

By the end of the February, the district will clarify the transition process in more detail. This will include how the Co-Location Transition Workgroup will be formed, its purpose and responsibilities, and how the work will move forward through a phased approach. The district will also share opportunities for staff and family engagement. 

• Some parents at Camas Ridge have expressed concern about the difference in the vaccination rates for Camas Ridge and Family School. They've shared a worry that Family School's lower rate would introduce a risk to medically fragile students at Camas Ridge.
• Oregon law provides for families to exempt students from vaccine requirements essentially at-will, not just for documented religious beliefs. School districts may not require students with exemptions to be vaccinated in order to attend public school. 4J follows state law for vaccination exclusion rules, and works with Lane County Public Health on health advisories and prevention and response to outbreaks of common childhood communicable diseases.
• Vaccination rates by school, and percentages of students with exemptions, are published on the 4J web site. That information is required to be collected each year and reported to the state, and shared with school communities. 
• The available data is from last year, 2024-25. Immunization data for 2025-26 is incomplete, and families have until the February 25 exclusion date to provide that information to schools. Vaccination and exemption rates by school will be available later in the year.
• In 2024-25 data, Camas Ridge has a 97% rate for all state-required vaccines. Family School has an 82% rate. When the 2024-25 populations of the two schools are combined, the whole group has a 92.86% rate. 
• The combined rate for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (known as MMR) is 92.6%, which is below the herd immunity standard of 95% for MMR. The combined rate for pertussis is 92.3%, on the low end of the preferred range of 92-94% for herd immunity for pertussis. 
• "Medically fragile" is a broad term for students with widely varying serious medical conditions that require special considerations for their safe participation in public school settings. Not all of these students would be exceptionally vulnerable to certain communicable diseases or would have challenges being vaccinated. 4J works with each student's particular needs and consults with families and local support resources (including Lane County Public Health) as appropriate to devise and provide in-school care. Each vulnerable student would have an appropriate prevention strategy for communicable disease and other risks they face in a school setting.
• For various reasons, vaccination rates vary from school to school. Many 4J elementary schools have rates for all state-required vaccines at 95-97%. However, many schools at all levels are in the 91-94% range for all vaccines and are just below the herd immunity thresholds for individual diseases. Despite that, outbreaks remain uncommon. 
• In the event of a communicable disease outbreak in our community, we work closely with Lane County Public Health. Recommended safety measures could include keeping anyone unvaccinated or vulnerable home from school. This could happen at any school site in 4J if an outbreak were to occur. This has already been standard practice as the district follows guidance from LCPH.