Oak Hill School


Oak Hill School is a pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade independent school in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
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Offerings and costs

Founded in 1994 by Ed King of King Estate Winery, Oak Hill School provides a college preparatory program for students and instructs pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade students. Oak Hill School is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools. The campus sits on of former ranch and forestland overlooking the South Eugene Hills.
K–8 students at OHS can learn Mandarin Chinese and Spanish languages.
According to the 2022–2023 school year student tuition and fee schedule, pre-Kindergarten services are $8,000 USD annually, Kindergarten through fifth grade services are $18,500 USD annually, and sixth through eighth grade services are $19,000 USD.

Dropping of high school program

In May 2020, the school's board decided to shut down its high school program to refocus on K–8 students. The board's decision was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, since the board members believed that distance learning will become a standard in secondary education.

Bobcat incident

On October 15, 2019, a bobcat kitten wandered onto OHS's campus. School administrators reportedly trapped it inside an office so that authorities can remove it once they arrive. An Oregon State trooper and an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist decided to kill the bobcat with "blunt force trauma to the head" after capturing it, believing that the bobcat acted with "abnormal" behavior, according to Eugene Weekly. The cited behavior was that the bobcat entered a building on OHS's campus. Oregon State Police issued a statement saying that a swift blow to the bobcat's head rendered it deceased "instantly".
Oregon veterinarians questioned the euthanization via blunt force trauma by OSP. The President of the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association, Constance N. White, inquired about the incident in a letter to the superintendent of OSP. White called for an audit of the incident through OSP and ODFW. 62 other veterinarians from across Oregon signed a letter asking Oregon governor Kate Brown to use state resources to investigate the incident.
Oregon lawmakers, including Representative Brad Witt, conducted a hearing through the Oregon House Interim Committee on Natural Resources to investigate the euthanization, since some wildlife protection groups like Humane Society of the United States and Eugene-based Predator Defense did not have all inquiries answered.
A second bobcat, potentially a sibling, was found near OHS's campus on October 16, 2019. It was released to the wild by ODFW authorities.