Extra $23,000 State Aid Set Aside in River Edge Schools Budget
Taxpayers can expect a $70 increase from River Edge school budget
Facing savings residents $4 per house, the River Edge Board of Education opted to place the additional $23,000 in state aid into the $15,658,231 budget on Wednesday night. The budget, which comes in at the 2% tax levy cap of $13,508,217, calls for a $70 increase to the average homeowner. Board members initially debated returning the additional funding to homeowners but felt that the $4 per taxpayer would not yield enough of an impact over setting it aside to help with the upcoming state mandated teacher evaluations. "I will say that when I came in here I was feeling that we should reduce the tax levy by that amount since we were ok," board member Mary Kay Buckley said. "We're never going to be fully funded. Personally if we were to not …
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NO TO TAX HIKE
1:13 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
I am surprised at Mr. Walker's comment. This is how $20,000 x 100's can be wasted. Don't forget it's tax payer's money! This is about the mindset of the people whom we trust the tax money! more ›