Arrowhead UHS reports $21.6M ending fund equity; board elects chair, approves $19.9M levy and $3,400 member salaries

Kim Schubert, president of the Arrowhead UHS School District Board, called the district's annual meeting to order in October 2025 and was elected by voice vote to chair the evening's proceedings.

The meeting opened with a financial report. Chairman Brandon Miller presented the district's treasurer's figures for the 2024–25 fiscal year, reporting a beginning fund equity on July 1, 2024, of "$17,000,000 and change," total receipts of $40,713,221, total disbursements of $36,423,167 and an ending fund equity on June 30, 2025, of $21,584,635. Miller summarized that the district saw a net increase of approximately $4,000,000 between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.

Superintendent Conrad Farmer highlighted academic results following the financial update. Farmer said the district's composite ACT score for the most recent spring was 23.3, "one of the highest ones" Arrowhead has had in five years, and that the district outperformed its four‑year averages in multiple categories. Farmer said Advanced Placement participation rose by about 200 tests year over year and that about 1,500 AP exams were taken, with "just about 80 percent of our graduates had a 3 or higher GPA," and a reported graduation rate of 99.1. He attributed gains to a new block schedule, added professional development days and a dedicated resource period for student support.

Farmer also noted community engagement by students, saying Arrowhead students participated in more than 130 service projects, donated what he described as "thousands of items," raised "tens of thousands of dollars," and contributed over 10,000 hours of community service. Examples cited included the girls' swim team collecting more than 8,000 items for a food drive and raising $10,000 for Make‑A‑Wish, a student senate blood drive that benefited 174 local patients, and a Feeding America competition with Oconomowoc that provided 10,867 meals and was won by Arrowhead for a fourth consecutive year.

On formal business, the board approved several motions by voice vote. The board set the window for the district's annual meeting date to fall between May 15 and Oct. 31, 2026. The board approved an annual salary of $3,400 per board member for the 2025–26 school year. The board also approved the recommended tax levy for the ensuing school year in the amount of $19,914,434; the levy was described as covering the General Fund, debt service fund, capital expansion fund and community service fund. All motions were described in the meeting transcript as carrying after voice votes.

No statutes, ordinances or external legal citations were raised during the recorded portions of the meeting transcript.

The meeting adjourned following the votes.