The Woodbridge Township Board of Education unveiled a $375.8 million budget Thursday that would raise the average homeowner’s school tax bill by $197. Rising custodial, security, benefits, and tuition costs are the primary drivers.
The human cost of the district’s budget cuts came into sharp focus Tuesday night when a father and educator described the impact of his pregnant wife’s non-renewal notice on their family.
After five weeks of chaotic meetings, the Edison Board of Education heads into Tuesday’s meeting with a $3.7 million hole and no clear plan to fund pre-K.
New Jersey has designated Rahway Public Schools as a Demonstration Site for inclusive preschool education. The district doubled its inclusion rate, but Superintendent Shoieb says the Pre-K to kindergarten transition still needs improvement.
The Edison school board approved a $352M budget with a 6% tax hike, kept the Talmadge land deal alive, and reversed a pre-K cut in a chaotic meeting.
Edison school taxes could jump over $2,000. Metuchen homeowners will pay $330 more. Rahway pays $171. Here’s why the bills are so different.
Student achievements, routine board approvals, and debate over parental rights and equity policies marked the Woodbridge Board of Education’s Feb. 19 meeting.
After more than 150 Highland Park High School students joined an anti-ICE walkout, suspensions were issued — then paused. A parent speaks out about activism, risk, and what happens next.
North Plainfield High School senior Hamza Ramadan speaks after students were assigned detention for participating in a Feb. 6 anti-ICE protest and walkout into Plainfield.
A former Wall Township High School teacher was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting two students, prosecutors said.