Silver Falls School District

To view a list of Silver Falls School District Meetings, visit our

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For videos of past board meetings, please see this link to our YouTube page.  

For board meeting agendas and minutes, beginning November 27th, 2017, visit our BoardBook page. For meetings prior to November 27th of 2017, please see the Board Meetings Archive Folder.

View or Download a calendar of board meeting dates

Board Meeting Information

A meeting occurs when a quorum is present to receive information or to decide or deliberate on any public matter. All board meetings shall be conducted in public unless specifically exempt. The board may elect to discuss private matters of personnel, site acquisition, collective bargaining and/or pending litigation in closed (executive) session.

The Silver Falls School Board meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Silverton High School library. Board work sessions are regularly scheduled for the fourth Monday of each month. Special meetings are scheduled as necessary.

Public Comments at Board Meetings

The Silver Falls School Board invites and encourages citizen attendance and involvement. Thank you for coming!

All Board of Education monthly business meetings (with the exception of executive session) are open to the public and are conducted in public. Hearings on subjects are conducted at separate meetings.

The board meeting is designed to keep presentations and deliberations efficient and effective. The Board will not typically comment on public presentations, but listen only. Questions asked by the public will, when possible, be answered immediately by the chairperson or referred to other Board members or staff members present for a reply. The board may choose not to address your request if your topic is outside the scope of the Board’s governance. The Board will not take action on non-agenda issues raised during the public comment period. The Board may refer the matter to the superintendent for review, do nothing, or place it on a later agenda.

The Board encourages citizens to share their ideas, opinions, raise questions, concerns or compliments. Under Audience with Visitors the Board Chairperson will ask those in attendance if anyone would like to address the Board. If you wish to speak, please raise your hand at that time to be recognized by the Board Chairperson. You will be asked to speak from the table in front of the Board.

• Anyone providing public testimony is required to place their name and address on the sign-in log at the time of speaking.
• All public testimony is limited to 3 minutes for each individual. Up to 5 minutes may be granted to groups of 3 or more with similar testimony. Please identify your group and designate 1 spokesperson.
• Due to time constraints, the maximum amount of public testimony is 10 individuals.
• When called, please state your name, relationship to the district, place of residence and the subject which you will address.
• The Board will not hear personal complaints concerning district personnel or against any person connected with the school system.
• Public input from an individual should be “new information” only. Those repeating previous testimony will not be allowed to continue.

For more information about Silver Falls School District, please contact the district office at 503-873-5303.

Board Committees
The Silver Falls School District Board forms committees as needed, develops a charge to the committee, and sets a deadline for the committee to finish its work.  The Board then appoints local citizens to serve on the committee.  The only committee that currently operates each year, as required by state law, is the 14 member Budget Committee.

Currently Operating Committees

• Budget Committee
• Long Range Facilities Planning Committee

Division 22 Compliance
Please see the attached documents for full details of SFSD Division 22 Compliance:

• Division 22 Report 2023-24 (English)
• Division 22 Report 2022-23 (Spanish)
• Division 22 Report 2021-22
• Meeting Minutes – October 11 2021 – APPROVED
• Division 22 Report 2020-21
• Meeting Minutes October 26 2020 APPROVED
• Division 22 Report 2019-2

SFSD Policy Manual

Silver Falls School District 4J Online Policy Manual

The Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) established the Get on Board campaign in 2017, and it has been running strongly every two years since. As our schools and students recover from the pandemic’s effects, they continue to need great school board members.

Click here to learn more here.

Why? We hope to encourage sitting board members to offer their expertise for another term and persuade motivated community members from diverse groups to accept the challenge of board work.

Where do you come in? As you consider running, think about what being a board member means to you, your family and your community.

Oregon’s school districts, education service districts (ESDs) and community college districts are governed by elected boards. Board actions affect the families of hundreds — even thousands — of students and employees.

Your duty will be representing all students, staff and community members as you work with other board members to craft policy.

Silver Falls School District has partnered with 5Maps to provide an interactive school boundary map and address finder.

This map displays the board boundary zones for each of the seven zones within Silver Falls School District. Board members are nominated by zone but elected at large. Every board member represents the entire Silver Falls School District.

SFSD Board Zone Map

• Zone 1
• Zone 2
• Zone 3
• Zone 4
• Zone 5
• Zone 6
• Zone 7