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The Eugene School Board unanimously approved continuing a COVID-19 temporary paid leave program for district employees and heard updates from district leaders related to vaccinations for district employees.  Conversations about COVID-19 and returning to in-person learning were front-of-mind at the board meeting, as they have been for months. However, for the first time, district leaders had a timeline for when that might be able to happen with vaccines, following Gov. Kate Brown's announcement Tuesday night that K-12 employees could get the vaccine starting Jan. 23.  Eugene School Dis...

Eugene- and Springfield-area school districts are preparing for an eventual return to school buildings after a loosening of state COVID-19 restrictions on Jan. 1 granted them more local control. However, with some unanswered questions, they're waiting on more state guidance to come this month before making any decisions.  Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Dec. 23 that in the new year, school districts will no longer be required to abide by state restrictions based on case counts to reopen schools. Instead, the state's health metrics will be advisory rather than mandatory, and distric...