Ridgewood residents to vote Tuesday on school budget
Monday April 15, 2013, 3:15 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
An $85 million tax levy is awaiting a public vote in the Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) elections set for Tuesday, April 16.
The budget requires a roughly 2 percent tax increase, the state-mandated cap. The increase equates to a $203 hike in school taxes for the average village homeowner.
Residents will also be voting for incumbent trustees Michele Lenhard and Jim Morgan, who are running unopposed.
This year, state aid was technically flat but more than 91 percent of the budget is still supported by district tax dollars. The district receives about two-thirds of each tax dollar in Ridgewood.
The support of taxpayers, many of whom do not have children in the Ridgewood school system, is valued by the district, according to Superintendent Dan Fishbein.
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