Arlington Community Schools overview

Arlington Community Schools

Governance, funding, spending limits, and current projects in the official record.

How does Arlington pay for its schools?

A town school system funded by state, county, town, and district sources.

The elected five-member school board approves budgets, policies, contracts, and major projects. Its 2026–27 budget says the main operating fund relies on Tennessee's TISA formula, Shelby County property and sales taxes, the Town of Arlington, and district savings.

State formula

TISA funding changes with student counts and needs. The FY27 plan says it will be slightly lower because of Lakeland Preparatory School.

County share

Shelby County property and sales tax money is divided among school systems using a state attendance formula.

Town support

The town sends the schools 15 cents per $100 of assessed property value; the FY27 plan projects $1.29 million.

District savings

The proposed FY27 plan lists fund balance as a revenue source, so some spending depends on savings from earlier years.

The embedded budget's summary tables are images, so the reviewed text does not provide a reliable total-spending or per-student figure.

What the public record shows

FY27 projected enrollmentverified

4,205 students

Official meeting minutes reviewedcontext

9 meetings

Major projects

Arlington High roof and paving work

Approved and underway

The board approved $784,973 for a partial roof replacement and $452,229 for paving. In June, staff said paving and the final roof phase were underway.

Next: District completion and closeout of both projects.

Apr 28, 2026Board awarded the roof and paving contracts.
Jun 23, 2026Staff reported paving and final roof work in progress.

Funding

District capital funds; the reviewed minutes do not identify a narrower source.

Centegix crisis-alert system

Live

All employees received badges that can call a school response team or trigger a lockdown and notify sheriff's dispatch.

Next: Ongoing training, testing, and system upkeep.

Feb 23, 2026System went live in all four schools.

Funding

Included in the district safety plan; exact cost is not stated in the reviewed minutes.

Recent news

Reviewed all nine retained official BOEConnect minute PDFs and their embedded attachments from September 2025 through June 2026, plus the current official AI and wireless-device policies.

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