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Wayne Township board weighs rerunning failed bond as housing boom strains schools
Summary
Board members debated whether to repackage a failed bond referendum or pursue smaller, visible projects and short-term fixes — citing nearly full elementary schools and roughly 2,900 nearby housing units under development — while staff pursues leased space and temporary classrooms.
The Wayne Township Public School District Board of Education debated Tuesday whether to restart a bond referendum that failed earlier this year, as board members pressed for a clearer plan to address rising enrollment tied to nearby housing development.
The meeting opened with the superintendent noting the district’s elementary schools are at or near capacity and that the prior referendum, which would have funded maintenance and limited projects, failed by a wide margin. "We were at or near our maximum enrollment at almost all of our elementary schools," the agency official said, framing the discussion about how to respond to projected…
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