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New Jersey School Boards Association, 413 West State Street, P.O. Box 909, Trenton, NJ  08605-0909

Telephone: (609) 278-5202  ●  Fax: (609) 695-0413  ●  Web site: www.njsba.org/PI

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

CONTACT:  Frank Belluscio (fbelluscio@njsba.org)

                     Mike Yaple (myaple@njsba.org)

                     (609) 278-5202

 

 

VOTERS APPROVE $196 MILLION IN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

 

TRENTON, March 9, 2005—Voters approved school-construction questions in 10 of the 12 school districts holding referendums on Tuesday, the New Jersey School Boards Association reported today. The approved spending totaled $196 million.

 

More than $70 million of Tuesday’s construction will be funded through the Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act. Passed in 2000, the act provides $8.6 billion of state funds for school construction—$6 billion for the special needs, or Abbott districts, with the remainder funding at least 40% of state-determined eligible costs in all other districts.

 

Statewide, school construction proposals on Tuesday's ballot will be funded by state and local sources as follows:
    Total project costs - $196,481,538

    State grants - $70,736,227

    Locally financed bonds - $125,745,311

 

School boards can schedule bond referendums on five dates a year. The next date occurs in conjunction with the Annual School Election on April 19, when voters also choose school board candidates and vote on the school district’s annual operations budget.

 

Results of the school construction proposals from Tuesday’s ballot follow.

 

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New Jersey School Construction Referendum Results

Tuesday, March 8, 2005

 

 

BERGEN COUNTY

 

Maywood—Passed

Expansion and renovations to Memorial School and the Maywood Avenue School

$17,649,155 – total cost

$5,606,860 – state grant

$12,042,295 – local bonds

 

Wallington—Passed

Renovations to the Wallington High School and the Frank W. Gaviak Elementary School

$6,122,286 – total cost

$2,448,915 – state grant

$3,673,371 – local bonds

 

BURLINGTON COUNTY

 

Delanco Township—Passed

Addition to the Pearson School and renovations to the Walnut Street School

$10,200,784 – total cost

$3,439,215 – state grant

$6,761,569 – local bonds

 

Delran Township—Defeated

Renovations and additions to the Delran High, Middle and Intermediate schools.

$17,953,218 – total cost

$17,953,218 – local bonds

 

Lenape Regional —Proposal 1 Passed, Proposals 2 & 3 Defeated

Proposal 1: Renovations to the Lenape, Shawnee, Cherokee North and Sequoia high schools

$89,040,359 – total cost

$32,180,755 – state grant

$56,859,604 – local bonds

 

Proposal 2 (contingent upon passage of Proposal 1): Install air conditioning in all schools.

$12,218,330 – total cost

$4,246,041 – state grant

$7,972,289 – local bonds

 

Proposal 3 (contingent upon passage of Proposal 1): Construct a swimming pool at the Lenape High School for use by all schools and community

$6,806,684 – total cost

$6,806,684 – local bonds

 

CAMDEN COUNTY

 

Bellmawr—Passed

Renovations to the E.M. Burke Elementary School, Bellmawr Park Elementary School and the Bell Oaks Middle School

$821,498 – total cost

$328,600 – state grant

$492,898 – local bonds

 

Collingswood—Passed

Additions and renovations to Collingswood High and Collingswood Middle schools; renovations to five elementary schools.

$33,858,358 – total cost

$13,681,572 – state grant

$20,176,786 – local bonds

 

Haddon Heights—Passed

Additions and renovations to the Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School, Atlantic Avenue School, Glenview Avenue School and Seventh Avenue School

$20,970,377 – total cost

$7,401,070 – state grant

$13,569,307 – local bonds

 

GLOUCESTER COUNTY

 

Westville—Passed

Renovations to Parkview Elementary School

$2,565,444 – total cost

$1,436,402 – state grant

$1,129,042 – local bonds

 

HUNTERDON COUNTY

 

Union Township—Passed

Complete the construction of a new elementary school approved by voters on March 12, 2002; upgrade the school district’s wastewater treatment plant.

$2,900,000 – total cost

$2,900,000 – local bonds

 

MONMOUTH COUNTY

 

Fair Haven—Both Proposals Passed

Proposal 1: Expansion and renovations to two schools.

$10,930,874 – total cost

$3,643,877 – state grant

$7,286,997 – local bonds

 

Proposal 2: Install air conditioning in portions of schools currently without it.

$1,422,403 – total cost

$568,961 – state grant

$853,442 – local bonds

 

SUSSEX COUNTY

 

Sussex-Wantage Regional—Defeated

Addition and renovations to the Sussex Middle School, and renovations to the Lawrence and Wantage elementary schools.

$20,000,000 – total cost

$6,821,243 – state grant

$13,178,757 – local bonds

 

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