Winslow Township board adopts $139.2 million 2025–26 budget; tax levy rises 2%

Winslow Township Board of Education members voted Wednesday, May 7, to adopt the district's 2025–26 operating budget and set a tax levy that the board said amounts to a 2% increase. The board approved the advertised budget in a roll-call vote after a public budget hearing at a special meeting.

The budget, as presented by Business Administrator and Board Secretary Tyra McCord Boyle, includes a general-fund operating total of about $139.2 million and a combined general and special revenue budget of roughly $147.7 million. Boyle told the board the proposal increases revenue from state aid and relies on planned withdrawals from capital and maintenance reserves to pay for capital projects, including a middle-school HVAC replacement.

"What we're doing tonight is presenting a budget which will assist in the district achieving these goals," Boyle said, summarizing the district's stated priorities of student achievement, safety, and increased family and community engagement. Boyle described the numbers that underlie the plan and called some enrollment and revenue figures projections rather than final…