What a difference a year makes.
Last year the Tuckerton Board of Education smacked taxpayers with a 17.64% tax levy increase. An owner of a house assessed at $190,000 had to pay $257.88 more in elementary school taxes than the year before. Taxpayers owning a home assessed at $300,000 had to shell out an additional $407.13; an owner of a $500,000 home had to pay $678.55 more.
The BOE decided on such a huge increase because of state aid cuts of 26.5%, or $348,995, from the year before.
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