Friday, March 1, 2013
Gov. Chris Christie's budget proposal includes more money for Gloucester Township Public Schools and Black Horse Pike Regional School District.
The Gloucester Township and Black Horse Pike Regional school districts are slated to receive more money from the state next year than they did for the current school year. "I'm pleased to report to you that state aid figures were released today, and we did receive an increase in state aid. So, notwithstanding the federal cuts, if we do get those reductions, I think the increase in state aid might mitigate those," GTPS interim Superintendent John Bilodeau said Thursday evening. Bilodeau was of course referring to the highly publicized federal sequester set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. tonight (March 1) should Congress fail to reach a compromise. New Jersey would receive about $28 million less for education from the federal government under …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Board also formalized the search for a new superintendent to replace Thomas Seddon, who will retire in six months.
Gloucester Township Public Schools Assistant Superintendent John Bilodeau presented the Board of Education with a preliminary 2012-2013 budget for review and discussion during the Board's regular meeting Monday night at Glen Landing Middle School. “For the first time in a few years, the stage one school district budget is very favorable in terms of programs and impact on taxpayers,” Bilodeau said. The $105 million budget, just in its very preliminary stage, increases the tax levy by $447,000. The average homeowner in Gloucester Township, with an assessed home value of $199,000, would see a tax increase of $20.92 per year, according to Bilodeau. For the 2011-12 school year, homeowners saw a tax increase of approximately $50 in support of …
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
State aid to the township will remain flat, while the state's school spending will go up locally.
The state this week released proposed municipal and school aid figures following Gov. Chris Christie's budget introduction at the Statehouse in Trenton on Tuesday. State aid to Gloucester Township will remain at $5,106,459—the same amount the township government received for its 2011 budget—under the governor's budget proposal. Aid to Gloucester Township Public Schools (GTPS) and the Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) will go up for the 2012-13 academic year under Christie's spending plan. The K-8 district would see its state aid increased by 2 percent under the budget proposal, jumping from $48,919,027 for 2011-12 to $49,921,110 for 2012-13. GTPS and township officials agreed to cut $300,000 from the K-8 district's 2011-12…
Friday, August 12, 2011
Gov. Christie announced in mid-July that the district would receive an additional $954,775 in aid out of the state's fiscal year 2012 budget.
Gloucester Township Public Schools (GTPS) will move the additional $954,775 in state aid it received last month to the 2012-13 budget. Gov. Chris Christie announced on July 13 that most districts across New Jersey would receive more money from the state than was announced in February. The state gave school districts until July 19 to decide how to allocate the additional funding. Like GTPS, many districts across the state have opted to allocate the additional funding to a future school year. According to GTPS Assistant Superintendent John Bilodeau, following the governor's initial announcement, the state stipulated that the funds could be used in the upcoming 2011-2012 school year or allocated to be used during one of the next two school …
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Gloucester Township and Black Horse Pike districts remain unsure how the money will be spent.
The Gloucester Township and Black Horse Pike Regional school districts will receive more money from the state than was announced in February. The school funding adjustment announced by Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday essentially doubles the previously announced increase in state aid to most school district across the state. For example, Gloucester Township Public Schools (GTPS) initially was told it would see an increase in aid of $954,775 for 2011-12 as compared to 2010-11. It will see an increase of $1,909,549 with the adjustment. The K-8 district is now slated to receive $48,919,027 from the state for the 2011-12 academic year, up from the $47,964,252 announced earlier this year. "The early indication is it's good news for the district…
Thursday, February 24, 2011
As Gov. Christie promised during his budget address, municipal aid will be stagnant.
The township's schools will see moderate increases in state aid for the coming school year, while the township itself will have to contend with being flat-funded. The state Department of Education and Department of Community Affairs each released aid figures late Wednesday afternoon. Gloucester Township Public Schools (GTPS)—a district that includes eight K-5 schools and three middle schools—is slated to receive $47,964,252 for the 2011-12 school year. The aid figure would represent an increase of roughly $955,000, or about 2 percent, from the current school year's $47,009,478 in state aid. "Any time we don't go backward, it's encouraging news," GTPS Assistant Superintendent John Bilodeau said this afternoon. GTPS was expecting "less-than-…
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Diane Kozak
8:50 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
I have lived in Gloucester Twp for over 50 yrs. First, I would like to say that I chose to have my children attend the Glou. Twp. schools up thru the 8th grade. They all went to a private high school for personal reasons. They have all received a very good education/ inc. college. My youngest daughter was the valedictorian of St. Joseph's University. I am very sad to read the results of the … more ›