Tag: Referendum
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Sayreville voters approve $97.5 bond referendum to improve district’s schools
SAYREVILLE – Voters approved a referendum for the Sayreville Board of Education to appropriate $97.5 million in bonds to improve the district’s schools. A special election was held on Oct. 6 to seek approval of the district’s bond proposal for the improvements, with focus on improving the air conditioning at every facility. The referendum received…
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Referendum on track for November in Metuchen; full-day kindergarten is proposed
METUCHEN – The Metuchen School District is planning to use the 22.23% increase in state aid to offset operation costs associated with proposed additions and renovations to all four school buildings, which is on track for a referendum in November. “We are going to deposit [the additional state aid] to a capital reserve and other…
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Development of third referendum to address thousands of unhoused students in Monroe underway
MONROE – Development of a third referendum to address the needs of facilities to house more than 1,400 unhoused students in the Monroe Township School District is underway. The Buildings, Grounds and Transportation Committee brought in DIGroupArchitecture in New Brunswick to look at renovating Applegarth Elementary School, Monroe Township Middle School, and Monroe Township High…
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Edison BOE will ask public support for $189.5 million referendum to address overcrowding
EDISON – With students literally learning in closets and trailers and eating lunch in classrooms, the need for more space in the Edison Public Schools is evident – sooner rather than later. That is why the Edison Board of Education will ask for public support of a $189.5 million referendum on Dec. 10. School officials…
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Edison’s new director of Water-Sewer Utility Department comes with 27 years of experience
EDISON – With 27 years of public and private sector experience in water distribution and wastewater collection and treatment, township officials believe that Robert J. Smith is the right person to take the helm of the newly created department to manage and maintain water mains in Edison. “He possesses the professional administrative, managerial and budgetary…
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Ad Hoc Committee will take a look at restructuring grade levels to address unhoused students in Monroe
MONROE – The Ad Hoc Committee formed to address student growth in the Monroe Township School District is hard at work. Louis Masters, chairman of the committee, updated the Board of Education at a meeting on Sept. 4 on the board’s progress after two committee meetings. With two failed referendums proposing the construction of a…
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New Jersey Department of Education approves $189.5 million school facilities project in Edison for referendum
EDISON – The message was loud and clear: although the urgent need is to address overcrowding needs in the Edison School District, hold the golden toilets and magazine spread in “Architectural Digest.” That was the charge the Edison Board of Education gave Jeanne Perantoni, principal and CEO of SSP Architects, Bridgewater, and Heather Wilkerson, project…
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Monroe board sets up ad hoc committee for input after failed referendums
MONROE – With two failed referendums proposing the construction of a new middle school, school officials are going back to the drawing board. Board of Education President Kathy Kolupanowich has set up an ad hoc committee welcoming all residents to provide input for what the board’s next steps would be. “We know we need another…
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School referendum on the horizon as Edison officials address overcrowding
EDISON – To address the current severely overcrowded needs in the Edison Public Schools, a referendum is on the horizon. Jeanne Perantoni, principal and CEO of SSP Architects, Bridgewater, proposed a referendum for September during an Overcrowding Taskforce Committee meeting on March 18. “The need is here. There is no benefit to delay a vote…
