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Jersey City BOE hosts hearing on $814M budget, parents call for fully funding spending plan The Jersey City Board of Education held a public hearing on their preliminary $814,051,708 budget for the 2021-2022 scholastic year, with every speaker called on the board to approve a fully funded budget when it’s time to vote. By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View “Mr. Walker has put a full budget on the table, and I am asking you to please approve it. It’s time to fully fund our schools and do more with more,” said Amy de Jong “With 61 percent of the district’s children eligible for free and reduced lunch, you must plan for the long-term sustainable funding of our district as we come out of this pandemic. The education of our Jersey City children can be thought of and planned for beyond the current year. We need sustainable funding that will ensure the hiring of full-time teachers,” expressed Evelyn Gormley. ....
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 Facebook Share 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. ....
Jersey City Together hosts virtual meeting calling for fully funded BOE budget hudsoncountyview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hudsoncountyview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jersey City Board of Education hosts special meeting to discuss upcoming budget By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View The budget hearing comes just over a week after the state cut the Jersey City Public School funding by $71 million, though some of that will be offset by $48.3 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. “Underfunding has established inequities in our school, impacted the progress and safety of our kids, impacted our ability to handle this pandemic, and hindered our ability to reopen our schools,” said Nancy Pokler who identified as a member of Jersey City Together. “I’m hoping that at this time this school funding hot potato game will finally be called out and that our leaders of our Board of Education will put all political aspirations and pressures aside in order to establish ownership over the future of our schools. Our local funding responsibility shouldn’t be overlooked.” ....