Middle school sports, staff cuts pending in Warren Hills Regional School District's proposed $34 million budget

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
By STEPHEN J. NOVAK
The Express-Times

WASHINGTON TWP. | Warren Hills Regional School District officials introduced a preliminary $34 million budget Tuesday that proposes to cut middle school sports and an undisclosed number of staff.

A public hearing on the budget for the 2010-11 school year is scheduled to be held March 30. Voters will weigh in on the spending plan during the school elections April 20.

The budget is down about $2 million from last year, but the impact of state-level decisions necessitates a rise in taxes for the four municipalities in the district, as well as cuts throughout most of the district's operations, officials said.

Proposed tax increases per $100,000 of assessed property value are:


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