Voters approved an $110 million for the 2011-2012 school year, avoiding the privatization of 270 district employees. Candidates Judy Haas, Chris Pulsifer and Jennifer Haley were elected to the three three-year seats on Board of Education.
"This was wonderful that the community came out in such close support," District Superintendent Jorden Schiff said. "This is wonderful news."
About 3,355 voters turned out for this year's election, with 2,209 voting in favor of the budget and 1,146 voting against it.
Find out what's happening in Hillsboroughwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
The budget amounts to an about $3,478,817 increase over last year’s $107,200,883 budget, which amounts to an about 3 percent increase. However, the tax levy increases by $1,536,889 —about 2 percent, which is the state cap on tax levies—over the $76,676,057 generated last year. Of the $110,679,700 total, $78,212,946 comes from local taxes.
Of the $78,212,946 from local taxes, $77,401,727 will come from Hillsborough taxpayers, while Millstone Borough taxpayers will contribute $811,219, a total increase of $15,906 for Millstone taxpayers.
Find out what's happening in Hillsboroughwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
County-mandated revaluations should have the tax rate decrease from $2 per $100 of assessed value to $1.45 per $100 of assessed value; however, residents could see tax bills increase, decrease or remain constant.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
