Amanda Oglesby

1 week ago | app.com | Amanda Oglesby

The Lacey Township Board of Education approved a 7.57% tax levy increase for the 2025-26 school year. The increase, a compromise from a previously proposed 14% hike, aims to address rising costs and decreased state aid while preserving sports and extracurricular activities. The budget will result in increased class sizes, elimination of courtesy busing, and some staff layoffs.

1 week ago | app.com | Amanda Oglesby

Middletown's Board of Education voted to increase school taxes by 10.1% after a contentious five-hour meeting. The tax increase aims to address the district's long-standing financial crisis, avoiding teacher layoffs and school closures. The district's financial struggles stem from declining state aid, high inflation, and previous reliance on one-time financial solutions. School taxes will rise about $55 per month or $666 a year, on a home assessed at the municipal average of nearly $730,000.

2 weeks ago | app.com | Amanda Oglesby

LITTLE EGG HARBOR -- The Little Egg Harbor School Board faced a painful choice at its April 29th meeting. It could raise taxes on residents by hundreds of dollars a year or increase class sizes in their elementary school district to as many as 40 or 50 students per room. The debate over whether to raise the school tax levy nearly 33% for this preschool- through sixth-grade school system not only pitted board members against one another, but neighbors against parents in the community.

2 weeks ago | app.com | Amanda Oglesby

LITTLE EGG HARBOR -- Township residents are facing a nearly 33% increase in taxes this year to pay for their three-elementary schools. The Board of Education for the Little Egg Harbor School District, which serves about 1,700 element students in preschool through sixth grade, will vote Tuesday, April 29, on the new tax increase. Unless the school board significantly raises taxes, district officials say they may be forced to cut staff and increase class sizes.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Amanda Oglesby

LITTLE EGG HARBOR -- Township residents are facing a nearly 33% increase in taxes this year to pay for their three-elementary schools. The Board of Education for the Little Egg Harbor School District, which serves about 1,700 element students in preschool through sixth grade, will vote Tuesday, April 29, on the new tax increase. Unless the school board significantly raises taxes, district officials say they may be forced to cut staff and increase class sizes.