Talks on removing school budget vote continue in Ridgewood
Wednesday October 30, 2013, 9:26 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
After another discussion last week about the potential elimination of the school budget vote, a split Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) has opted to continue talks on a public opinion telephone poll.
“I am not sure of the date for the poll. We have further work to do on it,” said BOE President Sheila Brogan. “I am hoping to do it by the middle of November if possible.”
The poll would gauge public opinion on whether the board, one of about 40 New Jersey districts that still held elections this past spring, should join about 500 other school districts in New Jersey and move next year’s school board elections to November. The date switch would eliminate the budget vote in the spring, when the school budget for the following year is finalized, but it would save about $43,000 and could theoretically increase voter turnout.
The BOE’s discussion was largely focused on the perceived lack of public interest, supported partly by the fact that 12 percent of registered voters came out to the polls this past spring, and the few residents who have personally expressed an interest in keeping the April budget vote.
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OK so now they even want to remove the illusion that residents have any say in how their tax dollars are spent?