WHY VOTE YES FOR AHS
Avoids Significant Capital Maintenance Costs: By constructing a new high school, AHS will avoid an estimated $143 million in capital maintenance to the current buildings.
Improves Safety & Security: A single building removes the ¼ mile, unsupervised walk for our students, minimizes the access locations to our school, and provides a single secure entrance for students, staff, and families.
Consolidates AHS Under One Roof: A single building will eliminate the inefficiencies of duplicated spaces, improve communication, improve access, and enhance our school community.
Invests In A Community Asset: The new high school will allow AHS to expand opportunities like aquatics, athletics, and the performing arts to the entire community.
Modernizes Teaching & Learning: Improving the learning environment and enhancing access to technology will help support academic, artistic, and athletic achievement.
Why Now
Age of the school: south campus built 1955 north campus 1969 with last major facilities investment in 1999
Failed past referenda and the state funding model have put our facilities at a tipping point.
Never cheaper to build than today… A $180 million school construction project in 2018 would cost over $253 million today. If we wait the cost will only continue to increase
Alleviate duplicated services that are costing roughly $935,500 each year to maintain two campuses
