Articles About The Issues:
Alpine School District’s $595 Million Bond?
Learn the Bond Facts and why you need to know what ASD’s intentions are.
Possible School Closures In Orem
Was the redacted article from KSL accurate? ASD residents who attended Bond meetings say, “YES!”
Inaccurate Data Provided By Alpine School District
Alpine School Districts $79.3 Million Dollar Error!
What is WPU?
The WPU (weighted pupil unit) is a unit used to assign funding after the formula for each funding category is applied.
How Are School Districts Funded?
There are 3 ways a school district gets funds for their students.
Yes! Vineyard And Lindon Can Attend Orem Schools!
Vineyard and Lindon students who are currently attending Orem Schools, will be able to continue to attend Orem Schools.
Orem Will Keep Specialty Classes
ASD is closing Orem schools and eliminating Orem jobs. As an Orem District we can keep these specialties!
BOND - School Bonds
What is a school bond and why do we use them?
Orem Student Enrollment Is Stable.
What does student enrollment look like for a new Orem School District? Stable!
How Is Alpine School District Utilizing Orem’s Real Estate?
Alpine School District $1.4 Billion Portfolio…
Provide Smaller Class Sizes
Orem class sizes currently have 32-37 students in one classroom!
Provide Orem Teachers With The Best
“Teachers in small schools tend to be more satisfied with their positions…
Four Feasibility Studies say YES!
Since 2004, four studies have shown that Orem is financially capable to support its own school district.
Increase Local Representation
Local representation solves the accountability on a local level and allows for localized decision-making leadership…
Seismic Concerns In Orem
25 Identified ASD Schools with “very poor” and “poor” seismic ratings…
Orem Tax Dollars Fund 13 Other City Schools
$174 Million of Orem’s Tax dollars have funded other City schools since 2002!
Benefits Of Small
Research shows smaller schools achieve higher student results!
Declining Test Scores
Orem test scores have significantly dropped since 2017. Read more!
The Inevitable Split
Alpine School Board Members state, “A split is inevitable”…