School History

How We Started

Network Charter School grew out of the Lane Educational Alternatives Resource Network (LEARN) consortium and the nonprofit community in Eugene. The needs of learners in our community, our partnerships with member organizations, and Eugene’s willingness to work with innovative education programs have inspired the creativity and commitment behind NCS.

Network Charter began in 2003 and is chartered by the Eugene 4J School District. We have celebrated more than 20 years of educational service!

Our Charter

The NCS Charter document provides for the requirements of Oregon's Charter School Law (ORS Chapter 338) and Eugene School District 4J Policies Section 7226.3.

Land Acknowledgment Statement

We acknowledge that we are here on the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya peoples, Cha Tumenma (Land of the Ancestors). We share this information out of humility and respect for this indigenous homeland, and for the Kalapuya peoples who continue to live and thrive in what is now called the State of Oregon. 

Kalapuya peoples were dispossessed of their homeland by the U.S. Government and white settlers over many years, but most notably in treaties made between 1851 and 1855. At the time of these treaties, Kalapuya peoples were forcibly removed to what are now the Grand Ronde and Siletz reservations. Today’s Kalapuya peoples are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. They make important contributions across the land we now refer to as the State of Oregon.

We can’t change the past but we can do better by actively educating ourselves, our students and the larger community.

At Network Charter School, we are committed to honoring Kalapuya peoples past, present, and future. 

*We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and wisdom of Esther Stutzman for her contributions to this statement. *