Garwood Shoots Down School Budget in Very Close VoteGarwood residents have spoken. By a count of 357 to 353 the school budget has gotten a NO vote in Tuesday's election.
According to reports- the budget had come with 6 education staff cuts and a 4% tax increase for the borough.
Susan Groning, Brendan McDermott and John Sullivan won seats on the Board of Education.
Westfield, Cranford, Clark and other neighboring towns passed their school budgets. Other towns in the county like Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Fanwood-Scotch Plains, Kenilworth and Linden voted no like Garwood.
GARWOOD VOTES NO ON BUDGET
Results:
Yes: 353
No: 357
Congratulations to all who won a seat. This also goes out to Tom Evelina for his candidacy. At the PTA candidates night Tom handled himself very professionally and intelligently, getting his point across. I do not wish him to leave this field and hopefully he would serve on a future board with the energy as he serves as a GW volunteer firefighter. Thanks Tom for your spirited campaign.
ReplyDeleteIs there really 6 staff cuts? If so who?
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