METUCHEN — Borough voters overwhelmingly gave their seal of approval to the Board of Education’s $33.4 million school budget and elected three board members in the April 16 school election.
A total of 713 residents voted to approve the tab, and 338 cast their ballots against it, according to district Business Administrator Michael Harvier, who pointed out that the results are yet unofficial.
The budget is slated to bring a $141 tax increase to the owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $186,000.
Board of Education President Jonathan Lifton proved most popular among voters, with 715 votes. Rose de Vries, the other incumbent board member on the four-person ballot, garnered 621 votes.
The third open seat went to newcomer Michael Stern, who received 527 votes.
Despite having withdrawn from the race last month, Erica Doyle remained on the ballot because she had pulled out of the race after the deadline. She received 373 votes.