The Asbury Park Press reports: The Board of Education and Lakewood Township Committee have agreed on a $200,000 reduction of the school tax levy recommended by the Township Committee. The school board voted unanimously to accept the reduction during a special meeting Wednesday night.
Among expenses to be decreased are $125,000 for certain unspecified employee benefits, $40,000 for “undistributed instruction purchased services,” $25,000 for “undistributed instruction textbooks,” and $10,000 for “home instruction purchased services.”
According to figures provided by the board Wednesday night, the tax levy for general funds which does not include the levy for payments of debt and interest is $69.6 million.
(Source: Asbury Park Press)
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eveybody in lakewood is jumping for joy wow!every homeowner is going to save .05 cents
why couldn’t the school board find these unnecessary spendings before they submitted the budget? I am sure if they look harder they can find more.
Woopdie Doo !
Another reason why we so blindly support the Vaad ? Are they not ashamed that after such apublic outcry all they could trim is 200k .
Most likely they spent sleepless nights finding these unspecified emplyee benefits and undistributed purchase services ! SHAME ! SHAME ! SHAME !
This just proves once again that the elitist LW ruling class consider all LW citizens to be idiots.
That is less than 1/4 of 1% cut. Time to elect school board members who can make do with alot less.
What might help,if the powers that be actually pay property taxes. Vdaya L’chakima…..