Maybe they got this increase because of all the AP district students they have?
RED BANK The calendars said the borough Board of Education was going to vote Tuesday night on a preliminary budget for the next school year, but that didn't happen for a very good and welcome reason. An unexpected 18.6 percent increase, or $2.36 million, in state aid was announced for the district on Monday, the first such increase in years for a district which in past years has had to scrimp, save and, during the most lean years, lay off staff. That means refiguring the budget. "It represents the highest increase in the state, and it's been long overdue," said Laura C. Morana, superintendent of schools. "It enables us to reassess what we're doing for the coming year." Red Bank was one of 217 districts to receive the largest increases based on having more than 15 percent of students eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches, which is one measure of a community's relative wealth. Those 217 districts are restricted to spending the funds on literacy programs, preschool and full-day kindergarten. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
