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Voorhees Board unanimously adopts $75M 2026–27 budget, restores busing on police‑designated hazardous routes
Summary
The Voorhees Township Board of Education unanimously approved the 2026–27 $75,000,009.94 budget and a combined tax levy that includes a health-care adjustment; the district reinstated courtesy busing for streets the local police formally designated hazardous and approved redistricting 12 streets to Osage Elementary.
The Voorhees Township Board of Education on May 27 unanimously approved the district’s 2026–27 budget, a package the administration said balances rising health-care costs and preserves staff and programs.
Business administrator Helen Haley told the board the district began the process facing a roughly $6.4 million shortfall, reduced that through revenue adjustments and lease‑purchase restructuring, and closed the remaining gap using a Department of Education health‑care adjustment. Haley said the final district total presented was $75,000,009.94, including special revenue. She described student safety as the district’s highest priority when announcing that several streets initially slated to lose courtesy busing will continue to receive transportation after…
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