Preliminary Budget Puts Freehold Borough BOE 'Between Rock and Hard Place’
Before state-aid figures, Freehold Borough Schools are $565,765 over the cap. The board is asking for public to weigh in at the next meeting about whether they would rather have larger classrooms or see an increase in taxes.
The Freehold Borough Board of Education (BOE) will have to decide between increasing classroom size or increasing taxes after hearing a presentation on the preliminary 2013-2014 school year budget. At Monday night’s BOE meeting, Jim Strimple, interim business administrator for the school district, walked the board through the projected appropriations and revenues for the 2013-2014 school year. The projected numbers did not include state aid numbers. Those numbers will be available later in February. “The governor is not giving his budget address until Tuesday, Feb. 26,” said Strimple. “Two days later we will find out what our state aid will be in 2013-2014.” According to Strimple, the projected revenues for borough schools are $19,075,426…
Jane Healton
5:55 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
It is obvious to me in reading the comments that the question isn't where were the school administrators were but where were these concerned citizens back then? If they had any understanding of the schools they would know the budget crises is not a sudden thing nor would they be deciding that it has to be "illegal" children. The influx is immigrants' children, who mostly have been born here in … more ›