Here’s Governor-Elect Christie (courtesy of the Asbury Park Press) on how to cut school costs, the main driver of N.J.’s crippling property taxes: 1) Eliminate
Assembly Democrat Wayne DeAngelo has issued a press release voicing support a bill that has been immobilized in the Legislature for a year or more.
Fallout from school Budget Failures: While about 70% of school budgets passed in New Jersey on April 21st, the ones that failed to gain voter
School district budget election results are in and, on balance, most districts did better than they feared. (Here’s a run-down from the Star-Ledger.) Since school
Tomorrow is Election Day for school board candidates and 550 school district budgets. Dire predictions abound, as school budgets are the only arena for tax-tired
All hail the Englewood School Board, which has courageously drawn a line in the sand between fiscal logic and inanity. North Jersey reports that negotiations
Collectively, these [appointed Camden City School Board] members have missed 46 percent of their meetings or a rate 3 1/2 times higher than the district’s
Davy Up Close and Personal: Today’s Star-Ledger has a lukewarm profile of Education Commissioner Lucille Davy in which the m.o. seems to be to damn
Given the complexity of this economic situation, any increase at all is a victory. We are very, very fortunate that the governor has made education
As if school boards didn’t have enough financial angst, NJSBA reported yesterday that out of five referendum questions on the ballot Tuesday, only one passed.