New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

 

 

County:  Atlantic

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

Repairs and Renovations to 3 elementary schools and high school

$18.1

PASSED:

2,033 — Yes

655 — No

 

 

Egg Harbor Twp.

 

 

3/28

 

Additions to high school and elementary school

$16.5

 

 

17.85%

PASSED:

1,897 — Yes

790 — No

 

New Elementary School

 

$21.8

PASSED:

1,771 — Yes

906 — No

 

 

 

Greater Egg

Harbor Regional

 

 

 

3/14

 

Renovations to both high schools

 

 

 

$17

 

 

 

7%

 

PASSED:

1,538 — Yes

694 — No

400-student addition and 800-student auditorium at one high school

 

PASSED:

1,442 — Yes

790 — No

 

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Bergen

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

Carlstadt

12/12

New Pre-K-4 School/Renovations

$12.15

24.2%

FAILED:

377 — Yes

481 — No

Closter

1/25

Additions/Renovations to 2 schools

$5.8

26.2%

FAILED:

609 — Yes

664 — No

Closter

12/12

Additions/Renovations to 2 schools

$9.439

($6.946 after state aid)

39%

FAILED:

885 — Yes

1,050 — No

East Rutherford

2/15

Additions/Renovations

$10.455

22%

PASSED:

667 — Yes

331 — No

Glen Rock

12/12

Additions to 3 elementary schools/ Reopening of school/ technology

$5.42

24.7%

PASSED:

1,537 — Yes

384 — No

Harrington Park

5/16

Building expansion and renovation

$5.95

44%

PASSED:

922 — Yes

530 — No

 

 

Lyndhurst

 

 

12/12

New science wing and performing arts addition

$6.716

 

 

18.96

PASSED:

1,529 — Yes

658 — No

Renovations and capital improvements to existing high school

$2.144

PASSED:

1,482 — Yes

666 —  No

               

 

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NJSBA Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

Bergen County continued

 

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

Mahwah

10/3

New elementary school/renovations at middle school and high school

$16.985

20%

PASSED:

1,881 — Yes

773 — No

Midland Park

12/12

New middle school/repairs, renovations

$25

54%

FAILED:

707 — Yes

1,678 — No

Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional

10/11

Additions, renovations and upgrading at two high schools

$43.5

28.6%

PASSED:

3,961 — Yes

3,226 — No

River Edge

10/17

Additions and renovations

$5.995

36%

PASSED:

1,673 — Yes

545 — No

 

 

 

 

River Vale

 

 

 

 

12/12

Alternations and renovations to middle school and two elementary schools

 

$18.95

 

 

 

 

17%

PASSED:

1,075 — Yes

943 — No

Install air conditioning at three schools

 

$.85

FAILED:

934 — Yes

1,077 — No

 

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NJSBA Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

Bergen County continued

 

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

Teaneck

12/12

HVAC work/ renovations at high school

$19.694

14.7%

PASSED:

2,268 — Yes

1,046 — No

 

 

Tenafly

 

 

1/25

 

Additions to 4 elementary schools/roof replacement/ asbestos

removal/ renovations at high school and to middle school library (two questions)

 

 

$17.98

 

 

 

33%

PASSED:

1,660 — Yes

1,101 — No

PASSED:

1,710 — Yes

992 — No

 

 

 

 

Waldwick

 

10/17

 

Additions to elementary schools

 

 

 

 

$21.5

 

 

 

 

41%

FAILED:

1,164 — Yes

1,339 — No

 

Additions to Jr/Sr High School

FAILED:

951 — Yes

1,507 — No

 

Improvements to facilities (track, field lighting, etc.)

FAILED:

830 — Yes

1,614 — No

                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Burlington

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Cinaminnson

 

4/18

Additions to 2 elementary schools/ roof replacements/ ADA compliance/ improvements to indoor and outdoor athletic facilities/ all-weather track at high school

 

$9.995

 

22.8%

PASSED:

1,463 — Yes

837 — No

 

Delran

 

12/12

Classroom wing, technology-media center, addition to high school auditorium, girls’ team room

 

$6.2

 

12.4%

PASSED:

714 — Yes

365 — No

 

Mansfield Twp.

 

3/7

 

Construction of new elementary school

 

$12.9

 

36%

PASSED:

952 — Yes

401 — No

 

New Hanover

 

4/18

 

Addition and renovations

 

$2.5

 

13.7%

PASSED:

104 — Yes

10 — No

 

 

Northern Burlington

 

 

 

12/12

 

Construct new middle school, purchase land

 

$27.285

 

 

 

21%

PASSED:

1,638 — Yes

538 — No

Regional

 

Build parking lot/new athletic fields/refurbish existing fields

 

$1.404

PASSED:

1,540 — Yes

624 — No

 

Riverton

 

12/12

 

HVAC/renovations/ADA compliance/repairs

 

$2.5

 

24%

 

PASSED:

394 — Yes

102 — No

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Camden

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Brooklawn

 

12/12

Construct media center, multi-purpose room/convert existing space to classrooms/ADA compliance/replace windows/other renovations

 

$3.257

 

34%

PASSED:

282 — Yes

137 — No

 

Haddon Township

 

12/12

 

Middle school grade addition to high school/additions to two elementary schools/renovations to all schools, administration building and athletic field

(2 questions)

 

$18.809

 

29%

PASSED:

2,274 — Yes

641— No

PASSED:

1,920 — Yes

803 — No

PASSED:

2,512 — Yes

842 — No

 

Haddonfield

 

9/26

 

Additions and renovations to all district schools (3 questions)

 

$13.089

 

40.3%

PASSED:

2,145 — Yes

1,189 — No

PASSED:

2,076 — Yes

1,238 — No

 

Stratford

 

3/14

 

Classroom additions/renovations (roof, windows, doors)

 

$2.975

 

22%

 

PASSED:

692 — Yes

311 — No

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Cape May

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Middle Township

 

12/19

Additions and renovations for high school/addition to middle school/renovations for two elementary schools and athletic field/ demolition of elementary school

 

$13.04

 

17.6%

PASSED:

1,381 — Yes

387 — No

 

 

County:  Cumberland

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Upper Deerfield

 

12/14

 

New construction/renovations of three buildings

 

$13.1

 

17.7%

PASSED:

555 — Yes

195 — No

 

 

County:  Essex

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

 

Cedar Grove

 

 

3/14

Demolition of existing school/construction of new school/other facility upgrades

 

$19.5

 

 

39%

FAILED:

691 — Yes

2,382 — No

 

Facility upgrades throughout district

 

$6.8

FAILED:

894 — Yes

2,155 — No

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Gloucester

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Clayton

 

12/12

 

Early childhood addition at elementary school/auxiliary gym at high school

 

$2.6

 

10.22%

PASSED:

254 — Yes

151 — No

 

Delsea Regional H.S. District

 

3/14

New field house/improvements and renovations to athletic complex, fields and track/stadium lighting/replacement of bleachers

 

$1.575

 

9.5%

FAILED:

502 — Yes

553 — No

 

 

Delsea Regional

 

 

Improvements and renovations to athletic complex, fields and track/replacement of bleachers

 

$1.2

 

 

PASSED:

938 — Yes

703 — No

H.S. District

4/18

 

In case first question failed, board also placed a second question on ballot, calling for replacement of bleachers only.  (Since both questions passed, the board is only bonding the amount requested by Question I.)

 

$.46

15.44%

 

PASSED

 

Deptford

 

6/27

 

New elementary school and demolition of old building/additions and renovations to four other schools

 

$18.175

 

6%

 

FAILED:

456 — Yes

576 — No

 

Deptford

 

12/5

 

New elementary school and demolition of old building/additions and renovations to four other schools

 

$18.175

 

15.81%

 

PASSED:

1,419 — Yes

1,093 — No

 

Swedesboro-Woolwich

 

3/28

 

10-room addition/alterations

 

$2.758

 

16.3%

PASSED:

287 — Yes

223 — No

           

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Hudson

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

Secaucus

4/18

Additions/renovations at two elementary schools

$6.546

15%

PASSED:

947 — Yes

401 — No

 

 

County:  Hunterdon

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

Additions to two elementary schools, including classrooms, computer labs, science lab, media center,  kindergarten room, art/music room, guidance space, multi-purpose gym/ ADA compliance/ renovations and repairs

 

 

 

 

 

$8.704

 

 

 

 

 

44%

 

PASSED:

721 — Yes

306 — No

Bethlehem Township

9/26

 

Addition to elementary school

 ($2.642 state grant and $6.062 bond issue)

PASSED:

609 — Yes

395 — No

 

Music room at elementary school

PASSED:

572 — Yes

428 — No

 

 

Tewksbury

 

 

9/28

 

School facility

 

$8.996

 

 

35.3%

PASSED:

705 — Yes

637 — No

 

Bleachers for school

 

$.33

FAILED:

601 — Yes

723 —  No

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Mercer

 

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Ewing

 

5/5

Additions and renovations to high school, middle school and two elementary schools

 

$33.5

 

12.3%

PASSED:

1,551 — Yes

980 — No

 

Additions (science and arts wings) and improvements to existing science and arts facilities/cafeteria expansion/new classrooms and additions at several elementary schools/bleachers, lockers

 

$24.397

 

PASSED:

3,097 — Yes

2,982 — No

Hamilton Township

12/12

Heating system upgrades/roof repairs/ furniture and equipment/improvements to various sites

 

$6.266

 

11%

PASSED:

3,306 — Yes

2,748 — No

 

Technology upgrades

 

$5.078

FAILED:

3007 — No

3030 — Yes

 

Hopewell Valley Regional

 

10/17

 

New elementary school/additions and renovations to existing elementary school and to high school

 

$20.810

 

30.7%

 

PASSED:

2,816 — Yes

1,485 — No

               

 

 

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Middlesex

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

East Brunswick

 

10/17

Expansion and renovation to Churchill Jr. H.S.

 

$16.1

 

14.45%

PASSED:

2,825 — Yes

1,331 — No

 

South Plainfield

 

3/14

New school/school addition/electric upgrades

 

$21

 

17.3%

FAILED:

1,612 — Yes

1,768 — No

 

 

County:  Monmouth

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

 

Asbury Park

 

 

4/18

Improvements to high school stadium/renovation of rest rooms, locker rooms, trainers room

 

$1.09

 

 

11%

PASSED:

398 — Yes

271 — No

Restoration of lawn irrigation system/ lighting of football stadium/construction of ticket booths

 

$.295

PASSED:

329 — Yes

284 — No

 

Brielle

 

12/12

 

Addition/renovation

 

$6.916

 

41%

PASSED:

923 — Yes

675 — No

 

Monmouth County results continued on next page.

 

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NJSBA Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

Monmouth County continued

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Colts Neck

 

3/21

 

New elementary school (pre-K to Grade 2)

 

$17.735

 

43%

PASSED:

1,423 — Yes

1,356 — No

 

Marlboro Township

 

3/14

 

Two new schools (early learning center and middle school); project includes acquisition and installation of furnishings and equipment and related site work.

 

$41.96

 

25.6%

PASSED:

2,652 — Yes

2,611 — No

 

Monmouth Beach

 

2/29

 

Addition/renovation

 

$5.5

 

47.1%

 

FAILED:

621 — Yes

667 — No

 

Monmouth Beach

 

10/10

 

Addition Renovation

 

$4.49

 

42.9%

 

PASSED:

771 — Yes

402 — No

 

Ocean Township

 

3/14

 

Fifth-grade wing/site improvements/athletic field improvements/ energy upgrade/ capital maintenance

 

$11.9

 

19.6%

 

FAILED:

1,495 — Yes

1,727 — No

 

Red Bank Borough

 

10/10

 

Middle school renovations

 

$11.275

(state grant $4.51)

 

13.5%

 

PASSED:

681 — Yes

187 — No

 

Tinton Falls

10/10

 

Additions and renovations

 

$6.7

 

12%

FAILED:

498 — Yes

713 — No

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

 

January — December 2000

 

 

 

County:  Morris

 

 

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Butler

 

4/18

Acquisition of property/new field house/ improvement of high school athletic facilities

 

$2.331

 

26%

FAILED:

522 — Yes

532 — No

 

Harding Township

 

2/15

Completion of additions and renovations to junior school, including new gym, conversion of gym to media center and media center to classrooms, ADA compliance/renovation of elementary school/upgrades to sanitary, water, drainage and fire safety systems

 

$1.75

 

20%

 

PASSED:

337 — Yes

225 — No

 

Mendham Borough

 

10/17

 

Renovations and addition

 

$17.1

 

40%

PASSED:

732 — Yes

642 — No

Parsippany-

Troy Hills

 

4/18

Addition to middle school/renovations to several schools and to athletic facilities

 

$2.8

 

16%

PASSED:

1,189 — Yes

1,136 — No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Ocean

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Central Regional

 

9/21

Renovations and additions to high school and middle school

 

$19.8

 

15.91%

PASSED:

3,635 — Yes

2,158 — No

 

Lacey Township

 

12/2

Major addition to high school/smaller additions to three elementary schools/renovations to five buildings

 

$36.797

 

26%

PASSED:

3,001 — Yes

1,379 — No

 

Lakewood

 

2/29

 

Capital projects

 

$2.494

 

14%

PASSED:

3,923 — Yes

375 — No

 

Pinelands Regional

 

3/14

 

Addition and renovations to middle school

 

$9.963

 

9%

PASSED:

689 — Yes

475 — No

 

Point Pleasant Beach

 

5/16

 

Renovations to high school

 

$8.998

 

19%

PASSED:

432 — Yes

262 — No

 

Toms River Regional

 

12/16

Addition to high school, including freshman wing, new gym, special ed. Classroom and media center/addition to elementary school/renovations to both buildings including conversion of existing media centers for other uses/HVAC replacement at high school.

 

$26.896

 

9.25%

 

PASSED:

4,965 — Yes

1,199 — No

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Passaic

 

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Lakeland Regional

 

3/14

Technology, health and safety renovations, and facilities improvements, including roofing, water proofing, electric, and all-weather track and field lighting

 

$7

 

28.4%

FAILED:

1,749 — Yes

1,979 — No

 

 

 

Lakeland Regional

 

 

 

12/12

Technology infrastructure, equipment and laboratories/science and auditorium renovations/facility repairs and renovations, including roof electrical system, exterior and interior structure and ADA compliance/security and safety systems/HVAC replacement. (2 questions)

 

 

 

$7

 

 

 

20.6%

PASSED:

1,445 — Yes

1,266 — No

 

PASSED:

1,266 — Yes

1,167 — No

 

Little Falls

 

12/5

Renovations at two elementary schools/additions and renovations to elementary school.

 

$4.868

 

17.6%

PASSED:

917 — Yes

338 — No

 

Wayne

 

12/5

 

Construction of a third middle school

 

$25.484

 

16.22%

FAILED:

2,599 — Yes

2,806 — No

 

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County: Somerset

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Branchburg

 

4/18

 

Additions to 4 schools/interior renovations/replacement of roof and flooring

 

$22.135

 

28%

 

PASSED:

1,242 — Yes

923 — No

 

 

 

Bridgewater-

 

 

 

2/29

 

Expansion and renovation of high school

 

$20.385

 

 

 

20.37%

PASSED:

2,601 — Yes

2,269 — No

Raritan

 

Improvement of athletic facilities

 

$.8

 

PASSED:

2,486 — Yes

2,368 — No

 

Hillsborough

 

10/3

 

Additions to high school and elementary school/renovations to middle school/roof replacement, bathroom renovations, track replacement, sprinklers, bleacher addition

 

$21.5

 

20%

 

PASSED:

2,556 — Yes

1,177 — No

 

Montgomery

 

10/3

 

New high school, acquisition of land, facility improvements

 

$70.239

 

40.32%

 

PASSED:

3,480 — Yes

1,278 — No

 

North Plainfield

 

5/16

 

Additions and renovations to elementary schools and high school

 

$31.05

 

22.9%

 

PASSED:

972 — Yes

744 — No

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Sussex

 

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Byram

 

12/12

 

New elementary school

 

$10.966

 

24.1%

 

PASSED:

688 — Yes

486 — No

 

Hardyston

 

12/5

 

New middle school/ renovations to existing school

 

$18.08

 

31%

 

PASSED:

617 — Yes

483 — No

 

Hamburg

 

9/26

 

18,871 square foot addition/renovations

 

$4.776

(bond $3.075)

 

21%

 

PASSED:

257 — Yes

79 — No

 

Lafayette

 

12/12

 

8 classrooms and a gymnasium

 

$5.9

 

25%

 

PASSED:

262 — Yes

243 — No

 

Walkill Valley Regional

 

12/5

 

Addition on school (7 classrooms, 2 science rooms, large-group instruction)

 

$7.65

($4.753 local share)

 

19.6%

 

PASSED:

988 — Yes

795 — No

 

 

 

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Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County:  Union

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Berkeley Heights

 

4/18

Middle school addition/elementary school elevator/roof replacement/electrical and technology upgrades at all schools/ADA compliance (rest rooms) at all schools

 

$10.634

 

36%

FAILED:

1,406 — Yes

1,548 — No

 

Berkeley Heights

 

10/5

 

Middle school addition/upgrades at each school/roof at high school/ADA compliance

 

$6.239

 

42%

 

PASSED:

2,128 — Yes

1,367 — No

 

Clark

 

12/12

 

Additions to 2 elementary schools/renovations to 2 elementary schools and middle school/extensive renovations to high school

 

$21.551

 

30%

 

FAILED:

1,427 — Yes

1,447 — No

 

Roselle

 

12/12

 

New elementary school needed to address overcrowding

 

$13.3

 

8.27%

 

FAILED:

374 — Yes

514 — No

 

Scotch Plains-

Fanwood

 

12/12

 

Renovations and/or additions to all schools

 

$35.729

 

25%

 

PASSED:

3,399 — Yes

1,466 — No

 

Springfield

 

12/12

 

Track and field rehabilitation project

 

$3.4

 

12.8%

 

FAILED:

587 — Yes

597 — No

 

Westfield

 

12/12

55,000 square-foot addition to high school/renovations to high school/4,500 square-foot locker room complex at football stadium

 

$21.495

 

17%

PASSED:

2,564 — Yes

742 — No

 

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New Jersey School Boards Association

 

Annual Bond Referenda Survey

 

January — December 2000

 

County: Warren

 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

DATE

PURPOSE

AMOUNT

(in millions)

VOTER TURNOUT

RESULTS

 

Franklin Township

 

9/26

Renovation, site work, roof improvements, upgrade technology infrastructure and electric service, furniture

 

$4.62

 

27.6%

PASSED:

253 — Yes

177 — No

 

Greenwich Township

 

12/12

 

Construct, furnish and equip addition to Greenwich Elementary School

 

$5.784

 

24.5%

PASSED:

424 — Yes

241 — No

 

Hackettstown

 

12/12

 

Classroom addition, new gymnasium, extensive renovation to high school

 

$6.96

 

25.4%

PASSED:

804 — Yes

456 — No

 

Lopatcong Township

 

4/18

 

Construction of a grade 5-8 middle school

 

$16.883

 

28.6%

PASSED:

602 — Yes

369 — No

 

Oxford Township

 

12/12

 

Renovations and additions to Oxford Central School

 

$4.905

 

30%

PASSED:

217 — Yes

182 — No

 

 

 

 

 

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