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Winslow Township Board adopts $146.99M 2026–27 budget; tax levy to rise about 11.6%
Summary
After a public hearing, the Winslow Township Board of Education adopted a 2026–27 budget that increases the local tax levy by roughly $6.4 million (about 11.6%). The budget maintains instructional spending and funds buses, technology and partial parking‑lot repaving; residents raised questions about preschool and SEMI special‑education funding.
The Winslow Township Board of Education voted April 29 to adopt its 2026–27 budget, approving the district’s operating and special‑revenue plans that combine to roughly $146.99 million and raise the local tax levy from about $55.8 million to $62.2 million, a change the presenter described as “about 11.59%.”
The budget presentation, delivered under interim superintendent Mark Pease’s oversight, showed district enrollment at the October 15, 2024 count as 4,907 students, falling to 4,798 on October 15, 2025 and projected to rise to 4,856 for October 15, 2026. The presenter said state aid for the coming year is expected near $60.2 million, with preschool aid rising to about $3.8 million; the general‑fund operating budget was presented at $135,522,019.
Nut graf: The board and administration said the plan preserves instruction while…
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