Brick Township’s public schools will eliminate 62 positions for the 2019-20 school year, officials confirmed, while taxes will increase well beyond the state’s 2 percent cap.
In a somber budget presentation late last week, officials detailed the grim news, wrought by a deal hatched between Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Sen. President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) that will gradually reduce funding from Brick’s schools over seven years until a permanent $22 million cut will be applied annually. Over that same period, the state will mandate Brick school officials raise taxes to the maximum 2 percent allowed by law, however even the highest possible tax hike will not make up for the funding loss from the state. Under New Jersey’s funding formula, it is assumed that Brick’s property taxes are too low to support its school system.
The 62 positions slated to be eliminated for next school year include:
- 15 special education teachers.
- 17 grade 1-5 teachers.
- 3 Kindergarten teachers.
- 5 grade 6-8 teachers.
- 5 high school teachers.
- 1 art teacher.
- 1 media specialist.
- 1 world language teacher.
- 2 physical education teachers.
- 1 basic skills teacher.
- 1 business teacher.
- 5 teacher aides.
- 5 custodians.
“The unanswered questions around state aid make that more challenging for our administration,” said Superintendent Gerard Dalton, adding that he has been relentlessly traveling around the state meeting with politicians and policymakers in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
Pretty messed up seeing as how the administrators are the highest paid and have the least educational interaction with students
Jeff Bacon exactly ?
Welcome to our sanctuary state as of march 2019 thank you Murphy
thank everyone who voted for him
and don’t forget the 65% of people who didn’t vote at all!!
Patricia Donato we can thank the people who sat on their asses and didn’t vote at all. I can’t believe how many people want more taxes taken out of their paychecks. The time to move out of this state is inching closer.
Ed
Murphy is an ASS!! But we need to cut admins before our hands on personnel!! Save our schools!
that is why I did not vote for him
me either!!but someone did!!
Join us in TR
This is total BS
Bring on more foreclosures when more people can’t afford taxes and property tax hikes….than he can give those foreclosures to the illegals he supports more than the legal citizens
Patrick Brennan I honestly am thinking about it they raised taxes raised my mortgage better off stocking money away I’ll get to stay here free for a few years why not
Morissa Powell
Carrie Lynn
Guess where it’s going
But hey lakewood schools got a pony!!!!!
Shannon O’Neill https://youtu.be/fXy0tZ5eCG4
Dave Tober lol
I’m running out of blood to give towards my taxes!!!!
Old Bridge got hit last week with a school closure and major layoffs…it’s coming down the pike.
Keep voting Democrat and this is the result. He needs more money for the illegals. It’s a sanctuary state
Michelle Metzger and a pony
Mean while the inner city schools get the same as last year or if not more ! Totally unfair !
Frank Cavalieri you sound like a whiny child
Tom Perrette, here’s another Murphy mess
What else is new. Welcome to Brick everyone
Ed Salerno it’s Tom’s River and Lacey as well
Glad to see that they were able to keep all of the administrative positions!! That’s the biggest waste of money in their budgets!! Ridiculous!!
Will they be able to get a “therapy pony”
This state will be in a recession soon.
Meanwhile Lakewood school gets a pony!! ?
Janet Greco Burgos it’s really not funny but it is. It’s actually sad…
Heather DiPaola Greene it’s unbelievable!?
Heather Martinho this is why you dont want to be a teacher.
It is the most picked on profession around.
PA is looking better and better every day.
My 10 year plan is gonna be a 5 year exit plan easy.
This state is a joke and will never change.
Carlos Martinho that’s what I am doing to
Annette Crawford Hall, I came from there.
My taxes for everything were $1200 a year, car insurance for 2 brand new cars full coverage $1000.
Only thing NJ had was cheap gas prices, but not anymore.
Carlos Martinho where was that? I lived there in college in an apartment and debated sticking around, but the area’s I liked were more than NJ
Dean Booth Hallstead, PA near Binghamton NY.
Chester County is expensive.
Chester County is expensive.
Closer you get to upstate NY the cheaper it is to live in PA.
Closer you get to upstate NY the cheaper it is to live in PA.
NJ is beyond a S$@thole
Power corrupts
Lakewood gets more money
Yet Lakewood gets millions
Jay Mack
Lay off politicians and admin level waste. That will balance the budget. Lol
Not too sure why anybody lives in that state anymore. We got out 11 years ago.
I don’t know if this is true for Brick, but the state mandates certain administrative positions based on each school’s enrollment. They may not have had the option to cut administration there. Just a thought.
Wondering why this would be funny. The state has countless mandates that they don’t help to fund. That’s a fact.
Our kids suffer because of adults who cant manage money
Lol. They got what they voted for
People keep voting blue then are surprised by the consequences. You reap what you sow.
Yet Lakewood gets it all gives it to their fu@@ fake school so they can distribute to everyone so they could buy business and houses. Just saying ??
That’s b.c Lakewood needed a fucken pony
For $30 million it better fuckin fly
Wow. Meanwhile in other “towns” they are prospering.
Toms River Is NOT Prospering We Are Going To Get Beat Up Our Taxes Will Go Up And Our Schools Will Suffer Thanks To MURPHY And The Democrats….
Not Lacey!
Ummm. Not tr or Lacey obviously
Not Old Bridge. Huge cuts and tax increase also
There won’t be any more schools here unless it’s for one group coming in.
But Lakewood got 25 million..thank you rep Singer
Michael Paulov 30 million and a pony!!
Lois Padula Turner forgot the pony…lol
Good job murphy needs more money to defend illegals
That’s terrible.
And Lakewood cids get the huge increase in state aid even though they contribute little to nothing to the state
Toms River Regional Schools delivered 30,000 letters to the State House, I call the Governor’s office everyday…feeling ignored…
Anita Ma ugh. Annoying meanwhile in Lakewood…
Lindsay Tate exactly!
TYPICAL of DEMOCRATS..Keep 10 heads BUTT NOOO. LIMBS..
That’s so crazy while the Jews gets everything !!!!
Good ,we need 63 vice principles.
Laurence Gilman exactly!
They need to realize the “real people” that actually pay taxes in this area need money for their children’s education. I am Catholic but yet the state doesn’t pay for my kids to go to Mon Don. WTF
This makes me sick!!!
You should start with the 60 goddam administrators doing jobs that 10 fucking people can handle
Cassie Rae
That terrible!!!
As usual the rank and file take the hit…..enjoy the blood on your hands to all administrators on all levels
I know this post is about state level, but this shows the point…
Horrible.. my little cuz from Union is being eliminated, meanwhile big wigs are keeping their jobs and high salaries
Barbara Sigley Silva I am supposedly being outsourced to an agency but with less benefits.
Sherri Maloney bullshit, ugh.
Barbara Sigley Silva exactly. They did all the planning behind closed doors and gave us no heads up.
Sherri Maloney, brick and Tom’s River also. Horrible big wigs are not being affected
Barbara Sigley Silva this is horrible!
All thanks to state aid being cut…schools districts are suffering in turn the children..thanks Governor Murphy!!????
and they wonder why we drink!!! more bosses!!!
I think they went to brick!!
This is bull shit they are cutting our teachers but gave Lakewood eight million dollars for the Jews private schools what bull shit
And Lakewood got 30 million and a pony
Lakewood needs the money to feed the new pony. Not cheap to keep a pony you know.
You cant het rid of administrators, how else can they justify the budget without loaded salaries ?
As Lakewood worms their way in and special budding etc costs go up
But Lakewood gets a fkn pony
Murphy’s got to go….
I could solve New Jersey’s taxes in 2 seconds eliminate all schools and you learn on your computer
Frank Brindley So we close all the schools and just sit “on” our computers until the information crawls up our buttholes? What an intelligent solution!
Our children pay the price because good teachers lose their positions. The higher ups need to take a pay cut and get their finances together in this State!!!! People are leaving because the taxes are through the roof!!!
This is horrible. We pay enough taxes in this town that no teacher should ever be laid off. I am disgusted!
You all voted for Murphy and will again. SAD!!