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Council member urges Hawthorne residents to weigh in on high-school athletic-complex survey as school board budget approved
Summary
At the May 21 Hawthorne borough meeting a council member summarized recent school-board budget action and urged residents to complete a new survey about possible athletic-complex upgrades, including installing artificial turf and replacing a roller-hockey rink with courts; the speaker said turf could cost “well over $1,000,000.”
A council member urged Hawthorne residents at the May 21 borough council meeting to complete a newly posted Hawthorne High School Athletic Complex Survey as the school board moves forward on a budget and long-range facilities planning.
The council member said the school board has approved a roughly $57.7 million budget with a 4% tax increase and that the State Department of Education communicated additional levy authority to the district. “It's…
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