Metuchen school board adopts $44.8M budget for 2021-22
Correspondent
METUCHEN The Metuchen School District Board of Education voted to adopt a $44.8 million budget to fund programs, services and day-to-day operations of the district for the 2021-22 school year.
The $44,876,429 budget adopted by a unanimous vote of board members at the final budget hearing on April 27 represents a $2,406,527 increase over the 2020-21 district budget.
The school tax levy to support the district budget is $42,019,893, and calls for a tax rate of $3.849
per $100 of assessed valuation for property owners.
“As much as budgets are about dollars and cents, and taxes and impact to the community, budgets are equally as much about priorities in the district,” Superintendent Vincent Caputo said. “So I always like to start out with some highlights – what this budget will allow us to do and continue to do at each school.