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Residents press Neptune board on budget increase, building bonds and forensic audit; board says task force and SDA data pending
Summary
Several residents at the Neptune Township Board of Education public meeting pressed the district for detailed explanations of a large one-year market increase, a forensic accounting of expenditures and an accounting of bonds on state-funded school buildings.
At the Neptune Township Board of Educationpublic meeting, several residents questioned the district's recent large market increase in the budget, asked for clarity on building bonds held by the School Development Authority (SDA), and pressed the board on whether an independent forensic accounting of district expenditures would be allowed.
"I was at last night's meeting also," said Lauren Coleman, a new Ocean Grove resident and former public school teacher. She asked whether early projections anticipated a market increase of the size adopted this year and whether differences between projected and actual costs (charter funding, health benefits and other items) had forced a larger increase. Coleman recommended an explanatory addendum to the FAQ material posted on the district website.
Mary Anne Andish asked specifically whether the district would…
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