Registration is now open for 

Wide Open Spaces Spring 2026!

Please register for the 2026 Spring Conference of Wide Open Spaces.  All rural, novice, and aspiring administrators are welcome to register. 

The Eastern Oregon REN will cover registration and room & board expenses for administrators registering from our region's districts (Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur, and Wallowa counties). We apologize, but mileage reimbursements are not available for any participants this year due to funding constraints. All other administrators are welcome and encouraged to attend for a fee to cover lodging and meal expenses. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. 

• Date: April 19-21, 2026

  • Sunday Start time will be 4:00pm Pacific- Tuesday end time will be 11:00am

• Location: The Castle (1933 1st Street; Baker City, OR)

• Cost: Free

• Lodging: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western Sunridge Inn in Baker City, Oregon. Please call (541) 523-6444 and request a room under the Wide Open Spaces block or use this link to reserve a room online. Lodging financial assistance is available from the Eastern Oregon REN for EOREN Administrators (Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur, and Wallowa Counties as well as Huntington SD) upon request.

If you have any questions regarding registration please contact Janet Caldwell, Harney County ESD (caldwelj@harneyesd.k12.or.us).