Click the above title to be forwarded to the BOE webpage where the 7th & 8th grade addition is shown, along with other pertinent information.
By now, most residents have received a postcard with information about a meeting [re-scheduled from last night til tomorrow evening 12/19@ 7PM] and the upcoming Jan. 28 school expansion referendum.
Reported in today's NJ Herald - as excerpted from an article by ERIC OBERNAUER :
" the Board of Education is still waiting to find out how much state aid it will be able to apply toward the estimated $12.9 million project. A presentation on the referendum is expected at Thursday’s meeting.
In the meantime, those wary of inclement weather or otherwise concerned they might not make it to the polls on Jan. 28 can apply for a mail-in ballot.
The mail-in ballot application form can be downloaded by visiting the Sussex County Clerk’s Office website at www.sussexcountyclerk.com and clicking on the appropriate link under “Forms.” An application also can be requested by calling the County Clerk’s Office at 973-579-0900.
The mail-in ballots, which have not yet been printed but are expected to be ready soon, will be sent out to any registered voter completing the required application. The completed ballots, however, must be returned to the County Clerk’s Office and received no later than Jan. 20 in order to be counted.
Registered voters also have the option of voting early by visiting the Sussex County Clerk’s Office on or before Jan. 20. The County Clerk’s Office — located at 83 Spring St., Suite 304, Newton — will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Jan. 1 for the holidays but will be open all other weekdays before the referendum from 8 to 4 p.m. Extended hours also will be available Monday, Jan. 6, from 8 to 6 p.m." ...
"For those planning to vote in the referendum, Jan. 7 is also the voter registration deadline. Registration can be done in person by visiting the township clerk at Township Hall.
A voter registration form can also be obtained in person or online from the Sussex County Board of Elections, located at 83 Spring Street, Suite 305, Newton.
Those registering through the Board of Elections must ensure their completed forms are received no later than Jan. 7 in order to vote in the Jan. 28 referendum.
To accommodate those needing to register, McCabe said the Board of Elections office would remain open Jan. 7 until 9 p.m. Those with further questions can call the Board of Elections directly at 973-579-0950."
In the Wed. 12/18 NJ Herald - the state aid figure was released:
"... the state has released preliminary aid figures indicating it is willing to pay $863,533 of the estimated $13 million cost to expand the district’s K-6 elementary school to accommodate grades seven and eight."
"... the state has released preliminary aid figures indicating it is willing to pay $863,533 of the estimated $13 million cost to expand the district’s K-6 elementary school to accommodate grades seven and eight."
Montague's overall Send/ Receive relationship with Port Jervis actually predates 1950.
Montague secondary students have attended at Port Jervis since the late 1800's, which accepted pupils from the entire Tri-State area - including PA. An actual send-receive relationship was formally initiated with that district to address Montague's ability to send its high school level students there around 1914.
In 1950, the current elementary building was being proposed and the remaining one-room schoolhouses were to be consolidated. Sen. Alfred B. Littell introduced legislation to allow NJ state aid to continue towards our 7th and 8th graders, which the Montague BOE wanted to have obtain their Middle School education in NY. The township was already anticipating the Tocks Island Dam project, which would later impact the most populated section of the township - along its river frontage, and the town population then remained well under 1000.
P.L.1950, c.158, is the original law regarding that out-of-State sending-receiving relationship which was approved May 1950.
With the expansion of State and Federally held land holdings, together with other tracts held for conservation, Montague currently has roughly 30% of property left that is considered tax rateable and receives limited compensation for the rest. See page 11 - Figure 10.
