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Alpine School District, Utah

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Alpine School District
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Utah County, Utah
District details
Superintendent: Samuel Y. Jarman
# of school board members: 7
Website: Link

Alpine School District is a school district in Utah that served 72,452 students in 83 schools during the 2012-2013 school year.[1] This district was the largest by enrollment in the state of Utah.

About the district

Alpine School District is located in Utah County, Utah.

Alpine School District is located in Utah County, Utah. The county seat is Provo. Utah County was home to 551,926 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2]

Demographics

Utah County overperformed in comparison to the rest of Utah in terms of higher education achievement and median household income in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 36.5 percent of Utah County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.3 percent for Utah as a whole. The median household income in Utah County was $60,196 compared to $58,821 for the state of Utah. The poverty rate in Utah County was 14.0 percent compared to 12.7 percent for the entire state.[2]

Racial Demographics, 2013[2]
Race Utah County (%) Utah (%)
White 93.7 91.6
Black or African American 0.7 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8 1.5
Asian 1.6 2.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.8 1.0
Two or More Races 2.4 2.3
Hispanic or Latino 11.0 13.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Utah County[3]
Year Democratic Vote (%) Republican Vote (%) Other Vote (%)
2012 9.7 87.8 2.5
2008 18.5 76.5 5.0
2004 11.6 86.0 2.4
2000 13.7 81.7 4.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Superintendent

The superintendent of Alpine School District is Samuel Jarman, who was appointed to the position in May 2015. He previously served an as educator, assistant principal, principal and assistant superintendent.[4]

School board

Alpine School District is overseen by a seven-member board. Each member is elected by specific geographic district and serves a four-year term.[5]

Alpine Board of Education
Member District # Term ends
Paula Hill 1 2018
Wendy K. Hart 2 2018
John C. Burton 3 2018
Brian Halladay 4 2016
JoDee C. Sundberg 5 2018
S. Scott Carlson 6 2016
Deborah Taylor 7 2016

School board elections

See also: Alpine School District elections (2014)

Members of the Alpine Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. Four seats were up for election on November 4, 2014. Three seats were up for election on November 8, 2016.

Public participation in board meetings

The Alpine Board of Education does not publish a policy regarding public participation in board meetings on its website.

Budget

From 1993 to 2013, the Alpine School District had an average of $293,299,143 in revenue and $303,146,429 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $246,632,095 in outstanding debt. The district retired $28,204,667 of its debt and issued $44,964,524 in new debt each year on average.[6]

Revenue

The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal.

Revenue by Source
Fiscal
Year
Local State Federal Revenue Total
Total % of Revenue Total % of Revenue Total % of Revenue
2010$141,715,00031.77%$250,771,00056.23%$53,525,00012.00%$446,011,000
2011$149,485,00034.24%$238,928,00054.72%$48,206,00011.04%$436,619,000
2012$154,000,00032.53%$273,197,00057.71%$46,224,0009.76%$473,421,000
2013$150,344,00031.75%$282,417,00059.65%$40,700,0008.60%$473,461,000
Avg.$89,770,76230.10%$179,729,52462.62%$23,798,8577.28%$293,299,143

Expenditures

The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:

  • Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers
  • Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff
  • Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases)
  • Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt
  • Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services
Expenditures by Category
Fiscal
Year
Instruction Support Services Capital Spending Debt & Gov. Payments Other Budget
Total
Total % of Budget Total % of Budget Total % of Budget Total % of Budget Total % of Budget
2010$245,330,00050.73%$111,317,00023.02%$101,640,00021.02%$17,990,0003.72%$7,322,0001.51%$483,599,000
2011$241,842,00055.06%$116,891,00026.61%$56,997,00012.98%$16,922,0003.85%$6,546,0001.49%$439,198,000
2012$252,901,00057.97%$122,975,00028.19%$37,649,0008.63%$15,283,0003.50%$7,459,0001.71%$436,267,000
2013$271,853,00053.81%$128,443,00025.43%$80,626,00015.96%$16,634,0003.29%$7,617,0001.51%$505,173,000
Avg.$161,305,28653.53%$76,747,28625.61%$49,202,57115.55%$10,983,0953.62%$4,908,1901.69%$303,146,429

Debt

The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.

Debt
Fiscal
Year
Retired Issued Outstanding
2010$30,737,000$0$399,427,000
2011$33,709,000$0$366,291,000
2012$53,371,000$77,646,000$390,405,000
2013$68,894,000$73,970,000$396,563,000
Avg.$28,204,667$44,964,524$246,632,095

Contact information

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Alpine School District
575 N. 100 E.
American Fork, UT 84003
Phone: (801) 610-8400

See also

Utah School Board Elections News and Analysis
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Alpine School District
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External links

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