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Thousands of vaccine appointments available in Lane County "As we move forward, we anticipate that many of the reservations as we go into a clinic won't certainly cover the entire clinic and that creates space for people to come right in." Posted: May 6, 2021 7:48 PM Updated: May 6, 2021 8:04 PM Posted By: Michael Cerullo EUGENE, Ore. -- After receiving a record high allocation of doses, Lane County Public Health's website currently shows thousands of open appointment slots. Lane County's Incident Commander, Steve Adams, said there's no reason to be concerned about these slots being left op...

In anticipation that the Food and Drug Administration soon will authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-15, Eugene School District 4J set up a 300-spot May 17 vaccine clinic for those students.  Many parents were eager to get their students signed up so the spots filled in minutes, district spokesperson Kerry Delf said. "We can't make the approval come any sooner, but we can make sure that opportunities to get the vaccine are available," Delf said.  Lane County Public Health reiterated it will not be able to vaccinate children younger than 16 at clinics until the v...

U.S. Department of Education approves Oregon's request for fewer standardized tests this spring Jordyn Brown, Register-Guard Replay Video UP NEXT The U.S. Department of Education approved the Oregon Department of Education's amended request to have students do some, but not all, of the required standardized tests this spring. Many Oregon students are just returning for in-person instruction, and the vast majority of students are still in some form of hybrid learning, according to ODE data. Local district leaders say they're grateful for fewer tests and are making plans to ...

Kendrick Lamar. Photo courtesy Fuzheado/WikiMedia Commons When Ashley Carr, a Black woman and local mental health therapist, found out songwriter and musician Kendrick Lamar had been removed from some Eugene School District 4J classes, she knew she had to speak up. February is the one month out of the year where classrooms are dedicated to teaching about Black history, Carr says. And what is taught about the modern Black experience matters. “Education received by students these days is antiquated. There is a real problem with the videos and texts. They tokenize Black people to portray them ...

   The week of March 15th, Eugene 4J kindergarten and first grade hybrid learning students will have orientation. Chief of Staff Kerry Delf said classwork will start after spring break. Students will be in smaller groups on campus two days a week, and online the rest. ”Just like right now students are all learning at home," she said, "and that’s a combination of live, real-time interaction and asynchronous activities, so will be their offsite days. But it will be less live teacher time than it is now.” Delf said subjects like music or PE might be real-time.   When they go back to bu...