Long Beach Island property owners pay the lion’s share of taxes for the Southern Regional School District in Manahawkin, despite sending – this year – only 242 students versus Stafford Township’s 2,163 students. Long Beach Township Commissioner Joseph Lattanzi tendered a brief presentation at Monday’s township commission meeting to revisit the lopsided tax breakdown, which is determined by the state’s school funding formula.
According to Lattanzi, the township has 87 students in Southern.
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