Listening Session on Arvada School Planned February 6

On Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the Clearmont School multi-purpose room, the SCSD#3 quarterly listening session will be held, the main topic being the future of the Arvada Elementary School.

The Arvada School had been in operation since July of 1892, first as an elementary and later as a high school. During the consolidation of rural schools in Wyoming, in July of 1971, the Arvada Jr. High and High School was combined with the Clearmont High School, and renamed Arvada/Clearmont.

Due to the long bus ride for many of the rural Arvada area students, it was decided to keep an elementary school in Arvada. Up until 2018, the school taught grades K-6, but with a reduction of youngsters the current years were only K-4^th grade, with one teacher for all the grade levels. Although the original school still stands, a new modular was brought in to some years ago to house the school.

In 2020, the District #3 board of trustees decided to “mothball” the Arvada Elementary School for three years.

Then chairman of the board Amy Bohlman said that it was still a good building, and the SCSD#3 board didn’t want to close it completely.

The school continues to receive a portion of state funding to maintain the building, but this will be the last year of the funding for it.

Anyone interested in the future of the Arvada School is urged to attend the meeting and make their views known to the board.