Board of Ed Budget Vote, CHS Musical in the Week Ahead

On Monday night, the South Orange - Maplewood Board of Education will hold a special meeting to vote on the district budget for 2013-14.

More budget information can be found on the district's website.

Briefly, the proposed budget cuts 14 full time positions and slashing the technology "wish list" to plug an estimated $2.8 million gap in the 2013-14 budget year.  (The personnel cuts include 19 positions eliminated and five added.)

The proposal would add $475,000 of the district's banked cap -- saved from other years when the board has not used it -- to the operating budget. The resulting tax impact, including debt service, would be 2.93% -- or an additional $181 for the average Maplewood household and $191 for South Orange residents (using 2012 figures).

This year, the board could opt to use a total of $1,737,409 in banked cap, some of which expires this year.

This week also sees the opening of Legally Blonde at Columbia High School. Click here to buy tickets.