SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School budget gets thumbs up

Voters elect high school student to school board

     Voters approved a $139.4 million budget by a vote of 2,554 to 1,214, Tuesday.
     Under the plan, the tax rate would remain the same at $2.605 per $100 of assessed valuation. Under that rate, the owner of a home assessed at the township average of $196,400 can expect to pay $5,116 in school taxes for the 2009-10 school year.
     Voters also elected Barry Nathanson, Stephen F. Parker and South Brunswick High School student Elizabeth Chang to three-year terms on the school board. Mr. Nathanson recevied 1,971 votes, Mr. Parker 1,767 and Ms. Chang 1,281.