About Arrowhead

On April 1, 2025, the Arrowhead learning community did not approve a referendum question to move Arrowhead from a two building campus to a one building campus.

Thank you to the School Board for giving the community the chance to determine what it wants for AHS.

Thank you to the staff members who contributed to the process.

Thank you to the EUA and VJS team members for their assistance throughout the process.

Thank you to everyone who came to a community information session, toured the buildings, responded to the survey, visited the webpage, emailed or called with questions and/or participated as part of grass-roots efforts.

This is the process.

The only way a new school can be built, or an existing school can be extensively renovated, is if the community supports it. It is the responsibility of the School Board to present options to the community. The only way taxes can be raised for any significant facility improvement is by the community authorizing it.

Arrowhead's facilities are aging and the state does not provide adequate funding to maintain them. This is why well over 90% of school districts have used operational referendums over the past 25 years. There is no other mechanism for getting the funds that are required to maintain facilities. The state has made it clear that if a school board needs more funds, it must ask the local taxpayer via referendums.

Arrowhead has used the same referendum process utilized by districts across the state for decades.

• A thorough facilities assessment was conducted by experts who were awarded the work through a competitive bid process.
• Multiple public information sessions shaped community survey questions that were presented to the entire community.
• The survey results shaped the November referendum questions.
• Multiple presentations took place at Arrowhead High School and throughout the community to inform citizens about the referendum questions.
• The results of the November referendum shaped the April referendum question.
• The District's website has multiple pages dedicated to referendum information.
• Multiple mailers were sent to the Arrowhead learning community with facts about the referendum and Arrowhead's facilities.
• Citizens were encouraged to contact the District with questions.
• School Board committee meetings and regular School Board meetings are held each month with the agendas posted in advance for the public.

When a referendum fails, the challenges facing a district do not go away. The Arrowhead School Board will now go back and consider how to best address or aging facilities.

Arrowhead is known across the state for its rigorous, comprehensive program and high standards. In addition to offering outstanding educational opportunities, our students experience an amazing array of extra-curricular and co-curricular offerings. Thanks to or supportive families and highly dedicated faculty, Arrowhead students are able to fully engage in the "Arrowhead Experience" which prepares them to be creative, hard-working  problem-solvers and kind, compassionate citizens. Arrowhead will continue to epitomize the hightest expectations and most rigorous learning opportunities while providing unconditional support so our students grow and achieve at preeminent levels.

Sincerely,
Conrad D. Farner
Superintendent