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Moorestown board schedules June 30 special meeting after state aid update for September bond referendum
Summary
The Moorestown Township Board of Education said it will hold a special public meeting on June 30 to finalize referendum bond questions after receiving state aid information and following building tours for the community.
Board President Mark Villanueva said the Moorestown Township Board of Education will hold a special public meeting on June 30 to vote on questions that will appear on a September bond referendum after the district received state aid figures for referendum projects.
Villanueva told the board that “we expect to be in a position to vote on those by June 30,” and that the meeting will likely start at 6 p.m. He said the special meeting will be limited to “voting on the bond referendum questions.”
Superintendent Courtney McNeely and Business Administrator James Heizer have been working with district teams to draft ballot questions, Villanueva said. McNeely described recent outreach including building tours and meetings with staff and community groups: “We hosted building tours…for those that wanted to walk around the buildings, get information, more information about the referendum and what is planned, see generally sort of what some of the changes will be, to our facilities should the referendum pass.”
The board emphasized continued community communication. Villanueva thanked McNeely’s cabinet and district staff for supporting tours and outreach; McNeely said district leaders also took part in meetings with the Moorestown Education Association and the Moorestown Education Foundation to collect feedback and discuss grant and engagement opportunities.
The board did not adopt final ballot language at the meeting; Villanueva said the June 30 special meeting will focus on voting the referendum questions once the district finalizes text and budget impacts. The district’s referendum website and community sessions were cited as ongoing avenues for public information.
The board also said it normally does not meet in July but will convene on June 30 because of the referendum timeline. No formal vote on the referendum questions was recorded at this meeting.
Looking ahead, Villanueva and McNeely encouraged residents to attend upcoming informational sessions and consult the district’s referendum website for details on projects and the amount of state aid the district will receive for work covered by the referendum.
