Voters approved the East Windsor Regional School District’s budget Wednesday, with 1,119 votes cast in favor of the measure and 929 votes cast against it, the school district announced on its website.
In the race for one East Windsor seat on the regional school board, New Brunswick Middle School teacher Lisa Abel, a political novice, defeated board President Alice Weisman by a vote of 773 to 579.
Incumbents Suzann Fallon and Susan Lloyd, who ran unopposed, were re-elected to two Hightstown seats on the board.
The budget, approved by the school board in March, will call for a $15 decrease in taxes for the average Hightstown property owner but a tax hike of about $55 for their East Windsor counterparts.
The budget also calls for 10 staff layoffs, including five teachers.
Check Friday’s Windsor-Hights Herald for details.

