S2

Of the 42 school districts across New Jersey who are going to be receiving stabilization aid from the state, 21 are located between Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

It's been a years long fight by school districts across New Jersey, including here in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, to get back the state aid stripped away under the guidelines of the S2 School Funding Formula.

There were a broad range of topics covered including the School Funding Formula, Infrastructure, Property Taxes, Vocational School, Guns, Critical Race Theory and more.

The Toms River Regional School District in the now ongoing 2021-22 academic year is hemorrhaging $8-million dollars in state aid cuts due to the School Funding Formula.

While the fight continues for districts losing millions in state aid to get that money back from the state, a trio of New Jersey Legislators have come up with a plan to prevent any cuts, at least for the 2021-22 school year.

The approach some of the lawmakers in Trenton came up with is known as the S2 School Funding Formula, which helps the underfunded districts but also takes money away from districts said to be overfunded.

The Toms River Regional School District is asking its staff as well as parent and the community to have phones fully charged because they have some homework they are asking you to do for them.

The Toms River Education Foundation, a non-profit started up by Councilman Terrance Turnbach in Toms River, is donating $10,000 to the Toms River Regional School District to help them purchase team uniforms at each of the three high schools.

Toms River Councilman Terrance Turnbach has formed a non-profit organization to help sports, theater and other extra curricular activities survive in the Toms River Regional School District.

The Toms River BOE plans to still hold meetings but in the midst of the pandemic, no visitors are allowed in the building, but you can still chime in online.