Newberg School District 29J School Board

19 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 17 with unconfirmed dates · 4,051 students · 7 members on our roster

Newest meeting we have
Sep 29, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Aubrey Nichols, Board Chair · Sol Allen, Director · Andy Byerley, Board Vice Chair · Jeremy Hayden, Director · Celeste Jones, Director · Sarah King, Director · James Wolfer, Director

Meetings on our record
All 19 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

What are we going to do to increase our response rate in future years? I think this is really vital data for us, and particularly at the secondary level. I worry about reading too much into 53% of students. And so what's kind of our validity threshold, and how are we going to increase that in future years?Andy ByerleyBoard Vice Chair · Newberg School District 29J School BoardWatch the full meeting from 1:42:57
What's the, the plan for training and support for teachers, particularly for some of the hands-on components that are so often, especially at elementary, set aside in favor of a literacy-focused approach?Andy ByerleyBoard Vice Chair · Newberg School District 29J School BoardWatch the full meeting from 1:15:17
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance23%16%–30%
Ceremony and recognition3%0%–7%
Public comment1%0%–4%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 16% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

    Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

    Public comment

    Of the 19 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 4 had at least one.

    Federal district ID 4108720 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district