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One of the schools targeted for extra funding would be Brooklawn….
FREEHOLD – Three state legislators are still working to secure the funds necessary to give Freehold Borough public school children a thorough and efficient (T&E) education.
According to figures provided by borough school administrators, the borough is spending significantly less per pupil than what state education officials say is necessary to provide a through and efficient education.
The effort to get more money to the school district is taking place now as the state Senate and Assembly are working to develop a budget for the coming fiscal year.
State Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer), Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-Monmouth and Mercer) and Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) are working to do what parents and school administrators have not been able to muster on their own – acquire the funds necessary to have the children of the borough stand alongside their counterparts in surrounding school districts on equal footing.
According to Beck, the 12 school districts that would receive extra financial assistance under her proposal are Hamilton Township (Atlantic County), Hammonton, Brooklawn, Clementon, Woodlynne, Commercial Township, Freehold Borough, Lawrence Township (Cumberland County), Guttenberg, South River, Prospect Park and Greenwich Township (Warren County).
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