To the Editor:
As we know, there exists a serious imbalance to the Southern Regional School District funding. While LBI sends about 10 percent of the SRSD students, we pay 80 percent of the cost. The per pupil cost varies from a high of 64 times (Harvey Cedars, $255,000) to a low of 13 times (Ship Bottom, $51,000) the cost to the mainland ($3,600 per pupil). In no case where other districts have successfully had the funding formula changed was there anywhere near this obscene disparity.
In the landmark Manchester Regional case, the total assessed valuation basis was changed to a 50 percent per pupil and…
September 6, 2017
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