Parents & Guardians:

The purpose of this message is to notify some of you for the first time and remind others that have been notified already that this coming Monday, February 27th, our transportation department will begin the process of eliminating one of our current bus routes by making a few slight changes to a small number of our current routes throughout next week.

By now, some of you have either received a phone call notifying you of the change and/or a letter was given to your child by his/her current bus driver with the new route number and notice of any time changes. If you did not receive a phone call from our transportation department or a letter from your child's current bus driver, then your child's route will not be impacted on Monday.

Our staff will ensure that the students affected by this change get on the correct bus at dismissal time. After a day or two, we are very confident that our students will make the adjustment.

If you have any questions, please call Rob Roebke, the district's transportation director, at  479-839-3131, extension 5006.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

In order to make up November 15th''s snow day, there will be no in-service day for teachers on Friday, February 17th, and school will be in session. Students are expected to be here and attendance will be taken on that day. Thank you!

Parents & Guardians:

Parent-teacher conferences are being held on Monday, February 13th and Thursday, February 16th from 3:15 to 6:45. By now, you should have already heard from your child’s school to set up a meeting time with your child’s teacher(s). If you have not heard from your child’s school, please reach out to his/her teacher and ask to set up a meeting time. Your involvement in your child’s education is a major factor in the educational success that he/she will experience while in school. Attending your child’s parent-teacher conferences is one great way to become involved. If neither day works for you, please ask your child’s teacher(s) for an alternate date or time to meet. 

Thank you.

The starting time for the Monday, February 13th, meeting of the West Fork School Board in the Administration Office Board Room has been moved from 6:00 to 5:00.  

West Fork's Junior High Girls and Junior High Boys basketball teams will start District Tournament play this Wednesday, February 8th at Valley Springs. The Junior High Girls will play Lincoln beginning at 4:00 and will be followed by the Junior High Boys game vs. Valley Springs beginning at 5:15.  

Parents, Guardians, & School Employees:

The West Fork School District will be closed on Friday, February 3rd, due to hazardous road conditions across our district; therefore, we will use our sixth state-approved Alternative Methods of Instruction day.

John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents, Guardians & School Employees:

We regret to inform you that West Fork Schools will not be open on Thursday, February 2nd due to hazardous road conditions across our school district. Therefore, we will use our fifth state-approved Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) day. Your children should have assignments that were sent home with them or that can be accessed online. Your child's teachers are supposed to make themselves available using Google Classroom and/or by email during the day should your child have any questions about his/her assignments. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's building principal.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents, Guardians & School Employees:

We regret to inform you that West Fork Schools will not be open on Wednesday, February 1st due to hazardous road conditions across our school district. Therefore, we will use our fourth state-approved Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) day. Your children should have assignments that were sent home with them or that can be accessed online. Your child's teachers are supposed to make themselves available using Google Classroom and/or by email during the day should your child have any questions about his/her assignments. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's building principal.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents, Guardians, & Basketball Fans:

Tonight's basketball games at home versus Valley Springs have been rescheduled to Saturday, February 4, beginning at 3:00 with the junior high girls' game. Thank you.

Parents, Guardians & School Employees:

West Fork Schools will not be open on Tuesday, January 31st. Instead, we will use our third state-approved Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) day. Your children should have assignments that were sent home with them or that can be accessed online. Your child's teachers are supposed to make themselves available using Google Classroom and/or by email during the day should your child have any questions about his/her assignments. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's building principal.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents, Students,  & Tiger Fans:

Due to the inclement weather and dangerous roads, the junior high basketball games for tonight to be played in Flippin have been postponed. When a new date is scheduled, the school will put out a release. Thank you.

Parents, Guardians & School Employees:

This morning the roads are extremely dangerous with a thin layer of ice covering them and more bad weather is expected to move in around noon; therefore, I regret to inform you that West Fork Schools will not be open today, Monday, January 30th. We will use our second state-approved Alternative Methods of Instruction day. Your children should have assignments that were sent home with them or that can be accessed online. Your child's teachers are supposed to make themselves available using Google Classroom and/or by email during the day should your child have any questions about his/her assignments.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Please keep in mind the West Fork bus pick-up times could be running a few minutes behind in the morning. Thank you.

Parents, Guardians, & School Employees:

Good afternoon. We hope your child is enjoying his/her snow day. While driving around today and checking out our roads, I've seen several snowmen standing in yards as well as kids sledding and playing outside. It's so great to see our students having some fun in the snow.

With that being said, I regret to inform you that West Fork Schools will not be open tomorrow, Thursday, January 26th, and will use one of our ten approved Alternative Methods of Instruction days. Your children should have assignments that were sent home with them or that can be accessed online. Your child's teachers are supposed to make themselves available using Google Classroom and/or by email during the day should your child have any questions about his/her assignments.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents, Guardians, Students, and School Employees:

I am sending you this message to inform you that the West Fork School District will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, January 25th, due to the high accumulating snow amounts that this winter storm is dumping in our area with no end in sight. Tomorrow will be considered a snow day that will be made up on April 14th. Any additional inclement weather days taken after tomorrow will be Alternative Methods of Instruction Days (AMI) and do not have to be made up because the state approved a 10-day AMI waiver application that the district sent in for consideration over the summer.

Students, please be safe and enjoy your snow day tomorrow.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent   

Parents, Students,  & Tiger Fans:

Due to the inclement weather moving into our area tomorrow, the basketball games at home versus Green Forest scheduled for Tuesday, January 24th, will be played today, Monday, January 23rd. The junior high girls' game will began 4:00 followed by the junior boy's game and the two senior high games.   

December 21 - Last Day of School for Students & Teachers

December 23-26 - Building & District Offices Closed

December 30-January 2 - Building & District Offices Closed

January 4 - Teacher In-service Day

January 5 - Students return to school from winter break

Today will count as a snow day and will be made up on February 17th. There will be no instruction going on today. Be safe and have fun! 

West Fork Schools will now begin live-streaming all home athletic functions.  In time, other home group events will be streamed as well.

Access the live-streams on our YouTube channel or by clicking the image to the left.

At this time, away events will not be streamed by West Fork Schools; however, most schools that we compete against provide a public live-stream link on their websites.

West Fork Community:

It's time to recognize more outstanding graduates, former employees, and major contributors who have set themselves apart by their overall impact on our school and community by nominating them to the West Fork Public Schools Hall of Fame. These two links take you to the Nomination Criteria and the Nomination Form. The nomination deadline is December 23, 2022.

Thank you for your support of this event.

Parents & Guardians of West Fork Students:

West Fork Public Schools has extended the date of application for holiday gift assistance to Wednesday, November 9th. If your family needs support this holiday season, please fill out the application found at https://bit.ly/WFPSchristmashelp. Applications are also available in the front office of each building. Applications are due back by November 9th. If you have any questions, please contact your child's school counselor.

Thank you.

Parents, Guardians, Students, & Community:

Because of the severe weather predicted for Friday night, most schools in NWA have started announcing that they are moving their Friday night football games to Thursday night. West Fork and Greenland have agreed to do the same. The senior high football game vs. Greenland at Greenland will now be played on Thursday night beginning at 7:30. The 7th grade & junior high games will still be played on Thursday at West Fork, but the game times will be moved to 3:30 for 7th grade and 4:30 for junior high to accommodate for the senior high game. 

We apologize for this late notice and any inconvenience we've caused, but for the safety and welfare of everyone involved, we feel strongly that this is the right decision. We can play with rain falling, but we can't play with severe storms all around us.  

Thank you so much for your understanding. 

John Karnes, Superintendent

This post is to inform you that Charleston High School will be live-streaming this Friday night's football game beginning a few minutes before 7:00 pm. Please click on this link to access their homepage where the link to the live-stream can be found at the bottom of the page. The West Fork School District is working on having the ability to make more live-streamed events accessible for our parents and community in the near future. Thank you for your patience.

Parents & Guardians:

Click on the attached link for a letter from the Superintendent giving a brief overview of the school year thus far, information about Parent-Teacher Conferences, and information about additional support for struggling students.

Letter from the Superintendent 

Thank you. 

Parents & Guardians:

Parent-teacher conferences are being held on Monday, October 24th, and Tuesday, October 25th from 3:15 to 6:45. By now, you should have already heard from your child’s school to set up a meeting time with your child’s teacher(s). If you have not heard from your child’s school, please reach out to his/her teacher and ask to set up a meeting time. Your involvement in your child’s education is a major factor in the educational success that he/she will experience while in school. Attending your child’s parent-teacher conferences is one great way to become involved. If neither day works for you, please ask your child’s teacher(s) for an alternate date or time to meet. 

Thank you.

Parents, Guardians, & Students:

There will be no school for students on Monday, October 31, 2022, to provide our students with a fall break in the form of a three-day weekend. All district and building offices will still be open. We hope our students enjoy their break and return refreshed and ready to finish out the fall semester, which ends on December 21st. Classes will resume on Tuesday, November 1st.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Parents & Guardians:

West Fork School District hopes that you are doing well. Please click on the link to read an informative message regarding students leaving ballgames and trying to re-enter. 

Link to Letter 

Thank you.

John Karnes, Superintendent

Hello Parents & Guardians:

I hope you're doing well. I have prepared a letter for you that can be accessed with this link... Superintendent's Letter.

Thank you, 

John Karnes, Superintendent

#TigersLearnforLife

Parents, Guardians, & Students:

There will be no school on Monday, September 5, 2022, in observance of Labor Day. All district and building offices will be closed. We hope our students and their family members enjoy their three-day weekend. Classes will resume on Tuesday, September 6th.

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent

Thank you so much for your amazing show of support to our district by completing 40 free and reduced meal applications last night. We hope to see even more applications completed tomorrow morning. The flyer below also shows you some additional benefits beyond those listed in last night's post.

Thanks again!

John Karnes

#TigersLearnforLife

Parents & Guardians:

The district is asking for your help and it will only take a few minutes of your time. If you did not complete the free and reduced meal application while you were registering your child online for this school year, we ask that you please click on the provided link https://docflow.wftigers.org/free-reduced-lunch-application/  to sign in and access the application and complete it. Not only may your family be eligible for free or reduced meals, but the district will also receive an additional $538.30 for each student that is eligible which can be spent on educational resources such as teacher aides, computers, books, intervention tools, school safety resources, etc. even if the family chooses not to participate.

If you have any questions about completing the application, please contact Mrs. Judy Tiller at the district's administration office.

Thank you for your assistance.

John Karnes, Superintendent 

#TigersLearnForLife

Parents & Guardians:

I hope your child enjoyed his/her summer and is looking forward to beginning a new school year tomorrow morning. I will assure you that all of us working for the West Fork School District are excited about beginning a new school year and are determined to get off to a great start. 

Having said that, tomorrow morning between 7:15 and 8:00, we’ll have approximately 1,000 students and employees arriving on our campus, which means there will be a lot of buses and car traffic, in addition to students walking to school. As you bring your child to school, I am asking you to arrive early, be patient, and be extra observant, because any tiny distraction could result in an accident. At the Elementary School, we have made a small change after you drop off your child at the cafetorium that should greatly increase the safety of our students by limiting vehicle and student interactions at the crosswalk. Additionally, for a lot of parents that also have children to drop off at our middle school and/or high school, this change should shorten their dropoff time by eliminating the third trip through the 4-way stop in the middle of town. If this change doesn’t seem to improve the vehicle congestion at the Elementary School dropoff location after a few days, we will re-evaluate and make any necessary changes.       

To help ensure your child’s safety, we ask that your child always exits your vehicle from a passenger side door and goes directly to their assigned location. Each building will have monitors outside at our student dropoff locations to assist as needed. I also want to remind you that it is illegal to talk or text on your cell phone while in a school zone and it is also illegal to pass a stopped school bus when its flashing red lights are on. 

In closing, I want you to know that all of us here at the West Fork School District expects to have a safe and productive 22-23 school year, but it will take all of us working together to make this expectation become a reality, and I know we can do it!

If I can ever be of assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask. 

Thank you,

John Karnes, Superintendent