Local School Budget Hearing Tonight

The Franklin Lakes Board of Education will be holding a budget hearing at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Franklin Avenue Middle School. The K-8 district introduced its $27.6 million budget earlier this month. 

Tonight's presentation will detail how school officials were able to reduce the tax levy by 3.1 percent, saving the average home owner $360 for a home assessed at $1,032,252, the borough's average.  

At last week's Borough Council meeting, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Romano attributed the trim budget to "a little bit of luck and a lot of skill" and noted the local schools are not facing the same problems that many other districts are presently facing.

The budget will go before voters on April 27. Historically, Franklin Lakes voters have been supportive of the district, approving the budget in 19 of the last 20 elections.