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[quote="Guest"]Total operating budget is decreasing to $16.6M from $17M. Total expenditure, including debt service and special grants, is decreasing to $17.7M from $18.1M. This is from the same document you probably were looking at. http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon, Apr 11 2011, 11:36 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">It's right there in the document available at the link above. There is no one answer. There are numerous miscellaneous revenue sources that are different. The biggest one seems to be that last year they were able to take over $700,000 from a tuition reserve and this year that will only be $33,000. <br /> <br />It's also worth noting that while the budget is going down the cost-per-pupil is going up because enrollment is down a greater percentage than the budget reduction.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon, Apr 11 2011, 10:04 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Total operating budget is decreasing to $16.6M from $17M. Total expenditure, including debt service and special grants, is decreasing to $17.7M from $18.1M. <br /> <br />This is from the same document you probably were looking at. <br /> <br /><a href="http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM" target="_blank">http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM</a></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Thanks for the info. I'm glad to see total expenditures going down and I doubt it was easy to make that happen. My question is, if the tax levy is increasing by $300,000, doesn't that mean the tax increase is doing more than simply offsetting the declining tax base?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />You weren't supposed to figure that out. Now shut up and vote "yes"!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Apr 8 2011, 9:41 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Total operating budget is decreasing to $16.6M from $17M. Total expenditure, including debt service and special grants, is decreasing to $17.7M from $18.1M. <br /> <br />This is from the same document you probably were looking at. <br /> <br /><a href="http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM" target="_blank">http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM</a></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Thanks for the info. I'm glad to see total expenditures going down and I doubt it was easy to make that happen. My question is, if the tax levy is increasing by $300,000, doesn't that mean the tax increase is doing more than simply offsetting the declining tax base?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Apr 8 2011, 8:16 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Total operating budget is decreasing to $16.6M from $17M. Total expenditure, including debt service and special grants, is decreasing to $17.7M from $18.1M. <br /> <br />This is from the same document you probably were looking at. <br /> <br /><a href="http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM" target="_blank">http://portal.cranburyschool.org/boe/Budget%20Info/User%20Friendly%20Budget.HTM</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Apr 8 2011, 7:01 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest 2 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Both the school and township budgets are decreasing and the tax rate increases are to offset lose in tax value</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Is this correct? I thought the proposed school budget increased vs this year.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Yes it is correct -- the spending decreased -- but the tax base also decreased -- this means more cost per tax payer -- hence an increase in taxes. </td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Thanks. I guess the confusing part to me is the school web site lists the 2010-2011 tax levy as $14,662,679. So it looks like the "anticipated" tax lecy is increasing by about $300,000. Perhaps I am missing something. If so, please share...</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest 2</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Apr 7 2011, 8:59 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Both the school and township budgets are decreasing and the tax rate increases are to offset lose in tax value</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Is this correct? I thought the proposed school budget increased vs this year.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Yes it is correct -- the spending decreased -- but the tax base also decreased -- this means more cost per tax payer -- hence an increase in taxes. <br /> <br />Remember -- the tax rate = total spending divided by the total tax base (also known as "ratable") <br /> <br />This means that even if spending decreases - if the tax base decreases MORE - we still get an increase in taxes. <br /> <br />So -- if you want taxes to go down without cutting services -- that means growing ratables -- hence my personal support for development on Route 130.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Apr 7 2011, 7:52 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Both the school and township budgets are decreasing and the tax rate increases are to offset lose in tax value</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Is this correct? I thought the proposed school budget increased vs this year.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Apr 7 2011, 12:11 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Both the school and township budgets are decreasing and the tax rate increases are to offset lose in tax values not because either group went on spending sprees. The issue that "raged" over the Township budget on this site was never really about whether they are overspending but that there were other the methods to cover the budget without the tax increase given the probability of State funds and the available surplus, and the fact that they were choosing to use some of the money to retire debt early. I’m not sure there are comparable issues at the school. Is the school carrying a large surplus they could tap? Are they using money to electively retire debt? <br /> <br />That said, yes the school generally gets more of a pass than the school, despite the school being a larger budget, because a very strong percentage of the electorate live here for the schools. A lot of people would virtually shut down Township services before they touched core school programs. And a lot of people consider their school taxes a cheaper alternative to private school tuition. That is the reality of living in Cranbury.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Apr 7 2011, 9:18 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Guest wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Where is the outrage over a 4 cent increase? The town goes up 2 cents and we bash the mayor and everyone. The school goes up 4 cents and I hear crickets.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />4 cents this year for the school and last year it was 3.26 cents</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Apr 7 2011, 7:22 am EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Where is the outrage over a 4 cent increase? The town goes up 2 cents and we bash the mayor and everyone. The school goes up 4 cents and I hear crickets.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Apr 6 2011, 10:21 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The old science expo and budget vote on the same night ploy again.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Apr 6 2011, 8:09 pm EDT<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: The April Cranbury School newsletter</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">"SCHOOL BUDGET <br /> <br />On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, Cranbury residents will be asked to approve a total tax levy of $14,941,270.00 <br />exclusive of debt service. The total cost of the budget will be $.9809 cents per $100 of assessed value. <br />This year, four candidates are competing for three Board of Education positions: Jennifer Cooke, Pramod <br />Chivate, Kevin Fox and Evelyn Spann. During the second week of April, each family will receive a District <br />Budget Newsletter through the mail. If you think that you may be away on April 27th and will be unable to <br />vote, Mail-In Ballot applications are available on the home page of our Web site, <a href="http://www.cranburyschool.org."" target="_blank">www.cranburyschool.org."</a> <br /> <br />SCIENCE EXPO <br /> <br />Our annual Science/Technology Expo will occur on April 27, 2011. We look forward to viewing the wonderful <br />science projects and experiments that the students display. Presently, the science teachers are recruiting <br />judges for the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade projects. If you have a scientific background and are <br />interested in critiquing students’ science projects, please see the Science Expo information that appears <br />inside this newsletter. <br /> <br />CANDIDATES NIGHT <br /> <br />On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the PTO will host its annual Board of Education Candidate Night at 7:30 p.m. <br />in the Large Group Room of Cranbury School. This is a wonderful opportunity for the community to meet and <br />hear the opinions of the perspective candidates on topics related to education prior to the Budget/School <br />Election vote on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. All are invited and welcome to attend." <br />... <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.cranburyschool.org/documents/April2011Newsletter.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cranburyschool.org/documents/April2011Newsletter.pdf</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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