Superintendent proposes whopping $827.4 million Jersey City school budget, with $1,168 tax increase for homeowners
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Schools Superintendent Franklin Walker
Vision To Learn and Helen Keller International presents free glasses to 114 K Ð 8th grade students at Frank R. Conwell Elementary and Middle schools in Jersey City on Friday, March 29, 2019. The program is funded by Overdeck Family Foundation. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal
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The timing could not be worse, not that there’s ever a good time for an $1,100 tax increase.
Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Franklin Walker presented an $827.4 million budget for the 2021-22 school year to Board of Education members Monday night, a 9% increase over last year. The enormous budget carries a $1,168 tax increase for average property owners, double the tax increase placed upon homeowners last year.
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Some school districts have acted swiftly to launch COVID-19 vaccine efforts for educators, though the eligibility announced last week by the governor has not appeared to hasten return plans in schools that have been fully remote for an entire year.
Jersey City and Paterson both announced programs to vaccinate teachers starting Monday, in efforts to return to in-person instruction for the first time since last March.
Roughly 3,000 vaccines in Jersey City for the week of March 15 would go directly to teachers and staff from the city public school system, Mayor Steve Fulop told New Jersey 101.5.
That number was based on initial response to a form sent out to staff, Fulop said, adding that some teachers already have received first shots from other clinics. Vaccine doses will be administered at two city schools, as appointments are being coordinated to serve co-workers from the same locations at the same time period, to minimize school day interruption.
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The announcement coincides with the one-year anniversary of the launch of the system, which the mayor said has exceeded the goals of connecting transit deserts and providing a low-cost alternative option for residents.
Since February 2020 Via has provided more than 216,000 rides, most of which originated from the western and southern areas of the city, with top destinations being key transportation hubs and shopping/business districts, statistics show. Despite the pandemic, the service has proven more resilient than traditional public transit in Jersey City, especially for the underserved communities who need it most, Fulop said.
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