Tentative school budget calls for 3.9-cent hike
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer
      HOLMDEL - The Board of Education will be looking to buck the trend of other local districts by passing its third consecutive school budget on April 17. The proposed total budget amount is $47,904,057. If adopted at next week's public hearing, township residents will be voting April ...
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Middletown school budget calls for 7.5-cent increase
      MIDDLETOWN - The Board of Education approved a $135.9 million tentative school budget at its March 12 meeting. If adopted at next week's public hearing and passed by voters April 17, the budget would raise the school tax rate by 7.5 cents per $100 of assessed value to approximately $2...
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Hazlet adopts $46M tentative school budget
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer
      HAZLET - The Board of Education recently adopted a nearly $46 million tentative budget with the hope that it can reverse its fortunes from last year, when the school spending plan was defeated by voters for the first time since 2002. The proposed total budget amount is $45,991,047.
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School budget hearing dates
      All five public school districts in the Independent's coverage area will hold public hearings on their respective school budgets next week. At those meetings, district officials will give presentations on their proposed 2007-08 budgets, after which the school boards will vote on the budgets t...
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