Sweeney trying to get rid of these school districts

What? Steve Sweeney come coming up with a cost-saving measure? One that would really work? Next thing you will be telling me is that pigs can fly.

But that’s exactly what Sweeney did when he empaneled a committee to come up with ideas for sweeping tax reforms this year. As reported by our own Sergio Bichao on NJ1015.com, New Jersey currently has 565 municipalities yet 590 school districts.

How does that make any sense? Even a fourth grader could do the math on that and understand what an expensive proposition that is. And being that education funding encompasses nearly 75% of your property tax bill, true property tax reform could only come from lowering the education bill. And while it’s true that we still pay too much per child to educate kids in New Jersey, consolidating districts would be a huge first step in decreasing our burden.

The recommendation by the panel suggested that K-6 and K-8 school districts be folded into other, larger districts. And it’s not like it hasn’t already been done in NJ. Several years ago Stockton, Lambertville, and West Amwell districts merged to form the South Hunterdon regional school district. I guarantee you those students and their parents are enjoying the same level of education they were before. This would obviously be a huge money saving initiative, and one that is long overdue in New Jersey, especially considering that we Are consistently in the top 10 in the number of school districts in every state in the US, yet we are tiny in comparison to most!

Even though the state would very much miss the few thousand dollars in property taxes, they would no longer get from you. Trust me, your child will not miss the bureaucratic red tape, and layers of administrative BS that happens in these districts. Below is a list of NJ’s K-6/K-8 districts that could go away. Check if yours is on here.

Listed alphabetically by county. Data is 2017 spending compiled by Department of Education.

Atlantic County

ABSECON CITY Students: 892 | Budget: $15,182,098
BRIGANTINE CITY Students: 811 | Budget: $21,216,024
EGG HARBOR CITY Students: 527 | Budget: $12,856,888
ESTELL MANOR CITY Students: 209 | Budget: $4,433,483
FOLSOM BORO Students: 485 | Budget: $8,876,506
GALLOWAY TWP Students: 3,344 | Budget: $66,289,469
HAMILTON TWP Students: 3,050 | Budget: $54,010,978
LINWOOD CITY Students: 837 | Budget: $15,480,321
MARGATE CITY Students: 492 | Budget: $15,803,186
MULLICA TWP Students: 750 | Budget: $13,237,549
NORTHFIELD CITY Students: 910 | Budget: $16,677,007
PORT REPUBLIC CITY Students: 173 | Budget: $2,998,951
SOMERS POINT CITY Students: 985 | Budget: $19,187,427
VENTNOR CITY Students: 1,022 | Budget: $24,392,451
WEYMOUTH TWP Students: 231 | Budget: $4,987,864

Bergen County

ALLENDALE BORO Students: 913 | Budget: $18,839,747
ALPINE BORO Students: 221 | Budget: $6,811,840
CARLSTADT BORO Students: 575 | Budget: $13,128,466
CLOSTER BORO Students: 1,128 | Budget: $21,560,411
DEMAREST BORO Students: 688 | Budget: $15,670,753
EAST RUTHERFORD BORO Students: 828 | Budget: $18,153,709
EDGEWATER BORO Students: 1,312 | Budget: $23,318,428
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS BORO Students: 593 | Budget: $13,404,567
FAIRVIEW BORO Students: 1,833 | Budget: $25,357,591
FRANKLIN LAKES BORO Students: 1,190 | Budget: $32,515,863
HARRINGTON PARK BORO Students: 652 | Budget: $14,139,697
HAWORTH BORO Students: 429 | Budget: $10,144,224
HILLSDALE BORO Students: 1,192 | Budget: $24,674,625
HO HO KUS BORO Students: 874 | Budget: $15,988,564
LITTLE FERRY BORO Students: 1,363 | Budget: $22,434,674
MAYWOOD BORO Students: 1,238 | Budget: $22,038,209
MONTVALE BORO Students: 1,010 | Budget: $18,120,292
MOONACHIE BORO Students: 415 | Budget: $9,036,757
NORTHVALE BORO Students: 541 | Budget: $11,330,629
NORWOOD BORO Students: 598 | Budget: $11,776,095
OAKLAND BORO Students: 1,497 | Budget: $31,950,592
OLD TAPPAN BORO Students: 735 | Budget: $15,160,208
ORADELL BORO Students: 764 | Budget: $12,650,187
RIVER EDGE BORO Students: 1,178 | Budget: $19,806,453
RIVER VALE TWP Students: 1,202 | Budget: $24,405,472
ROCHELLE PARK TWP Students: 659 | Budget: $13,690,514
SADDLE RIVER BORO Students: 400 | Budget: $9,144,035
SOUTH HACKENSACK TWP Students: 357 | Budget: $9,232,327
UPPER SADDLE RIVER BORO Students: 1,238 | Budget: $25,777,504
WOODCLIFF LAKE BORO Students: 772 | Budget: $17,814,559
WYCKOFF TWP Students: 2,097 | Budget: $44,107,015

Burlington County

BASS RIVER TWP Students: 110 | Budget: $2,754,989
BEVERLY CITY Students: 349 | Budget: $7,542,910
CHESTERFIELD TWP Students: 767 | Budget: $12,761,573
DELANCO TWP Students: 513 | Budget: $9,775,363
EASTAMPTON TWP — Students: 610 | Budget: $12,403,017
EDGEWATER PARK TWP — Students: 1,055 | Budget: $18,514,238
EVESHAM TWP — Students: 4,500 | Budget: $86,336,939
HAINESPORT TWP — Students: 630 | Budget: $11,114,820
LUMBERTON TWP — Students: 1,404 | Budget: $27,696,176
MANSFIELD TWP — Students: 646 | Budget: $13,344,943
MEDFORD LAKES BORO — Students: 548 | Budget: $8,361,415
MEDFORD TWP — Students: 2,760 | Budget: $54,658,580
MOUNT HOLLY TWP — Students: 1,018 | Budget: $21,365,084
MOUNT LAUREL TWP — Students: 4,239 | Budget: $78,135,024
NEW HANOVER TWP — Students: 245 | Budget: $6,654,707
NORTH HANOVER TWP — Students: 1,199 | Budget: $29,060,732
RIVERTON — Students: 373 | Budget: $6,134,436
SHAMONG TWP — Students: 776 | Budget: $15,819,291
SOUTHAMPTON TWP — Students: 704 | Budget: $15,530,045
SPRINGFIELD TWP — Students: 226 | Budget: $5,268,909
TABERNACLE TWP — Students: 749 | Budget: $15,709,126
WESTAMPTON — Students: 997 | Budget: $15,396,733
WOODLAND TWP — Students: 156 | Budget: $3,138,886

Camden County

BARRINGTON BORO — Students: 846 | Budget: $14,921,127
BELLMAWR BORO — Students: 1,226 | Budget: $19,003,243
BERLIN BORO — Students: 853 | Budget: $13,192,058
BERLIN TWP — Students: 806 | Budget: $16,948,817
BROOKLAWN BORO — Students: 388 | Budget: $7,015,987
CLEMENTON BORO — Students: 629 | Budget: $12,482,855
GIBBSBORO BORO — Students: 257 | Budget: $5,282,612
GLOUCESTER TWP — Students: 6,514 | Budget: $116,509,774
LAUREL SPRINGS BORO — Students: 342 | Budget: $5,529,213
LAWNSIDE BORO — Students: 445 | Budget: $9,332,121
MAGNOLIA BORO — Students: 437 | Budget: $7,798,348
MERCHANTVILLE BORO — Students: 433 | Budget: $7,952,931
MOUNT EPHRAIM BORO — Students: 623 | Budget: $11,656,558
RUNNEMEDE BORO — Students: 871 | Budget: $14,908,611
SOMERDALE BORO — Students: 517 | Budget: $8,870,831
STRATFORD BORO — Students: 854 | Budget: $15,880,942
VOORHEES TWP — Students: 2,977 | Budget: $57,121,854
WATERFORD TWP — Students: 1,633 | Budget: $29,359,380
WOODLYNNE BORO — Students: 587 | Budget: $9,767,222

Cape May County

AVALON BORO — Students: 75 | Budget: $4,530,608
CAPE MAY CITY — Students: 191 | Budget: $3,895,206
DENNIS TWP — Students: 664 | Budget: $16,830,020
LOWER TWP — Students: 1,755 | Budget: $31,369,123
NORTH WILDWOOD CITY — Students: 322 | Budget: $9,463,447
STONE HARBOR BORO — Students: 84 | Budget: $3,246,130
UPPER TWP — Students: 2,075 | Budget: $37,202,358
WEST CAPE MAY BORO — Students: 84 | Budget: $1,890,006
WILDWOOD CREST BORO — Students: 300 | Budget: $7,996,502
WOODBINE BORO — Students: 280 | Budget: $6,475,393

Cumberland County

COMMERCIAL TWP — Students: 816 | Budget: $14,827,467
DEERFIELD TWP — Students: 338 | Budget: $6,407,533
DOWNE TWP — Students: 206 | Budget: $4,259,649
FAIRFIELD TWP — Students: 677 | Budget: $12,217,910
GREENWICH TWP — Students: 62 | Budget: $1,477,743
HOPEWELL TWP — Students: 501 | Budget: $8,600,534
LAWRENCE TWP — Students: 610 | Budget: $10,638,015
MAURICE RIVER TWP — Students: 534 | Budget: $9,101,527
STOW CREEK TWP — Students: 113 | Budget: $2,177,577
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP — Students: 914 | Budget: $17,575,505

Essex County

ESSEX FELLS BORO — Students: 211 | Budget: $5,099,713
FAIRFIELD TWP — Students: 653 | Budget: $12,772,145
NORTH CALDWELL BORO — Students: 686 | Budget: $14,046,354
ROSELAND BORO — Students: 433 | Budget: $10,040,577

Gloucester County

EAST GREENWICH TWP — Students: 1,277 | Budget: $20,075,173
ELK TWP — Students: 346 | Budget: $6,028,453
FRANKLIN TWP — Students: 1,437 | Budget: $22,995,805
GREENWICH TWP — Students: 562 | Budget: $13,206,531
HARRISON TWP — Students: 1,469 | Budget: $21,967,667
LOGAN TWP — Students: 1,129 | Budget: $20,131,504
MANTUA TWP — Students: 1,243 | Budget: $22,966,645
NATIONAL PARK BORO — Students: 282 | Budget: $4,904,009
SOUTH HARRISON TWP — Students: 396 | Budget: $6,446,110
SWEDESBORO-WOOLWICH — Students: 1,724 | Budget: $29,804,403
WENONAH BORO — Students: 197 | Budget: $3,681,048
WESTVILLE BORO — Students: 369 | Budget: $6,767,483
WOODBURY HEIGHTS BORO — Students: 227 | Budget: $4,146,134

Hudson County

EAST NEWARK BORO — Students: 410 | Budget: $6,059,788
GUTTENBERG TOWN — Students: 1,330 | Budget: $19,159,390

Hunterdon County

ALEXANDRIA TWP — Students: 489 | Budget: $11,386,414
BETHLEHEM TWP — Students: 389 | Budget: $14,980,457
BLOOMSBURY BORO — Students: 182 | Budget: $3,493,713
CALIFON BORO — Students: 110 | Budget: $2,899,870
CLINTON TOWN — Students: 458 | Budget: $9,620,475
CLINTON TWP — Students: 1,412 | Budget: $32,455,199
DELAWARE TWP — Students: 403 | Budget: $10,403,912
EAST AMWELL TWP — Students: 370 | Budget: $9,106,153
FLEMINGTON-RARITAN REG — Students: 3,166 | Budget: $66,243,104
FRANKLIN TWP — Students: 302 | Budget: $7,159,175
FRENCHTOWN BORO — Students: 142 | Budget: $3,191,258
HAMPTON BORO — Students: 121 | Budget: $3,436,224
HIGH BRIDGE BORO — Students: 375 | Budget: $8,545,361
HOLLAND TWP — Students: 558 | Budget: $11,859,642
KINGWOOD TWP — Students: 344 | Budget: $7,918,963
LEBANON BORO — Students: 130 | Budget: $2,816,168
LEBANON TWP — Students: 664 | Budget: $13,965,383
MILFORD BORO — Students: 95 | Budget: $2,437,276
READINGTON TWP — Students: 1,697 | Budget: $35,065,749
TEWKSBURY TWP — Students: 604 | Budget: $15,568,595
UNION TWP — Students: 458 | Budget: $11,663,564

Middlesex County

CRANBURY TWP — Students: 768 | Budget: $18,942,977
JAMESBURG BORO — Students: 934 | Budget: $14,448,145
MILLTOWN BORO — Students: 1,017 | Budget: $17,346,280
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS BORO — Students: 324 | Budget: $6,214,413

Monmouth County

AVON BORO — Students: 197 | Budget: $4,249,030
BELMAR BORO — Students: 703 | Budget: $13,473,745
BRADLEY BEACH BORO — Students: 390 | Budget: $8,201,022
BRIELLE BORO — Students: 808 | Budget: $14,384,567
COLTS NECK TWP — Students: 957 | Budget: $26,346,628
DEAL BORO — Students: 167 | Budget: $4,355,430
EATONTOWN BORO — Students: 1,058 | Budget: $22,614,348
FAIR HAVEN BORO — Students: 1,017 | Budget: $17,184,382
FARMINGDALE BORO — Students: 167 | Budget: $2,902,781
FREEHOLD BORO — Students: 1,731 | Budget: $27,535,053
FREEHOLD TWP — Students: 3,855 | Budget: $83,065,980
HIGHLANDS BORO — Students: 194 | Budget: $4,664,222
HOWELL TWP — Students: 6,035 | Budget: $128,031,202
LITTLE SILVER BORO — Students: 851 | Budget: $15,510,137
MANALAPAN-ENGLISHTOWN — Students: 5,038 | Budget: $92,170,249
MARLBORO TWP — Students: 5,066 | Budget: $96,291,062
MILLSTONE TWP — Students: 1,838 | Budget: $41,013,389
MONMOUTH BEACH BORO — Students: 255 | Budget: $5,673,346
NEPTUNE CITY — Students: 554 | Budget: $9,736,240
OCEANPORT BORO — Students: 606 | Budget: $11,392,752
RED BANK BORO — Students: 1,425 | Budget: $24,270,481
ROOSEVELT BORO — Students: 119 | Budget: $2,630,890
RUMSON BORO — Students: 972 | Budget: $18,113,756
SEA GIRT BORO — Students: 199 | Budget: $4,763,214
SHREWSBURY BORO — Students: 504 | Budget: $9,128,824
SPRING LAKE BORO — Students: 276 | Budget: $7,514,025
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS BORO — Students: 485 | Budget: $9,299,182
TINTON FALLS — Students: 1,515 | Budget: $30,487,444
UNION BEACH — Students: 878 | Budget: $16,099,190
WEST LONG BRANCH BORO — Students: 583 | Budget: $12,139,149

Morris County

BOONTON TWP — Students: 728 | Budget: $14,385,356
CHESTER TWP — Students: 1,135 | Budget: $25,661,297
DENVILLE TWP — Students: 1,651 | Budget: $31,687,120
EAST HANOVER TWP — Students: 971 | Budget: $21,955,108
FLORHAM PARK BORO — Students: 972 | Budget: $20,348,702
HANOVER TWP — Students: 1,464 | Budget: $28,850,045
HARDING TOWNSHIP — Students: 433 | Budget: $11,664,942
LINCOLN PARK BORO — Students: 1,217 | Budget: $23,146,322
LONG HILL TWP — Students: 829 | Budget: $18,426,943
MENDHAM BORO — Students: 579 | Budget: $12,552,668
MENDHAM TWP — Students: 717 | Budget: $19,469,397
MINE HILL TWP — Students: 549 | Budget: $10,438,499
MORRIS PLAINS BORO — Students: 845 | Budget: $17,610,244
MOUNT ARLINGTON BORO — Students: 505 | Budget: $11,327,346
NETCONG BORO — Students: 293 | Budget: $5,407,889
RIVERDALE BORO — Students: 470 | Budget: $8,782,260
ROCKAWAY BORO — Students: 587 | Budget: $9,489,177
ROCKAWAY TWP — Students: 2,419 | Budget: $54,156,518
WASHINGTON TWP — Students: 2,214 | Budget: $47,738,709
WHARTON BORO — Students: 821 | Budget: $15,496,725

Ocean County

BAY HEAD BORO — Students: 174 | Budget: $4,064,023
BEACH HAVEN BORO — Students: 63 | Budget: $2,124,525
BERKELEY TWP — Students: 2,137 | Budget: $38,345,010
EAGLESWOOD TWP — Students: 155 | Budget: $3,120,204
ISLAND HEIGHTS BORO — Students: 120 | Budget: $2,366,154
LAKEHURST BORO — Students: 505 | Budget: $10,306,044
LAVALLETTE BORO — Students: 193 | Budget: $4,467,710
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TWP — Students: 1,581 | Budget: $32,041,164
LONG BEACH ISLAND — Students: 236 | Budget: $7,765,367
OCEAN GATE BORO — Students: 139 | Budget: $3,170,393
OCEAN TWP — Students: 945 | Budget: $19,482,071
SEASIDE HEIGHTS BORO — Students: 216 | Budget: $4,825,557
STAFFORD TWP — Students: 2,190 | Budget: $44,412,997
TUCKERTON BORO — Students: 313 | Budget: $5,774,738

Passaic County

BLOOMINGDALE BORO — Students: 872 | Budget: $19,119,302
HALEDON BORO — Students: 1,047 | Budget: $17,947,357
LITTLE FALLS TWP — Students: 894 | Budget: $16,872,130
NORTH HALEDON BORO — Students: 691 | Budget: $13,002,650
PROSPECT PARK BORO — Students: 920 | Budget: $15,025,936
RINGWOOD BORO — Students: 1,211 | Budget: $26,492,349
TOTOWA BORO — Students: 1,080 | Budget: $17,632,016
WANAQUE BORO — Students: 957 | Budget: $19,736,426
WOODLAND PARK — Students: 1,083 | Budget: $19,588,172

Salem County

ALLOWAY TWP — Students: 531 | Budget: $9,082,310
ELSINBORO TWP — Students: 144 | Budget: $3,167,618
LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK — Students: 189 | Budget: $4,581,498
MANNINGTON TWP — Students: 194 | Budget: $3,435,408
OLDMANS TWP — Students: 326 | Budget: $5,467,524
QUINTON TWP — Students: 407 | Budget: $7,427,858
UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP — Students: 499 | Budget: $8,677,334

Somerset County

BEDMINSTER TWP — Students: 788 | Budget: $18,935,399
BRANCHBURG TWP — Students: 2,244 | Budget: $47,603,444
GREEN BROOK TWP — Students: 1,353 | Budget: $26,318,646
SOUTH BOUND BROOK — Students: 580 | Budget: $11,071,813
WARREN TWP — Students: 1,807 | Budget: $45,940,464
WATCHUNG BORO — Students: 685 | Budget: $15,151,484

Sussex County

ANDOVER REG — Students: 755 | Budget: $17,994,182
BYRAM TWP — Students: 888 | Budget: $17,638,609
FRANKFORD TWP — Students: 527 | Budget: $11,858,587
FRANKLIN BORO — Students: 471 | Budget: $9,546,064
FREDON TWP — Students: 237 | Budget: $5,087,397
GREEN TWP — Students: 683 | Budget: $13,328,611
HAMBURG BORO — Students: 249 | Budget: $6,143,987
HAMPTON TWP — Students: 301 | Budget: $7,324,533
HARDYSTON TWP — Students: 737 | Budget: $13,907,894
LAFAYETTE TWP — Students: 246 | Budget: $5,936,381
MONTAGUE TWP — Students: 338 | Budget: $9,583,893
OGDENSBURG BORO — Students: 267 | Budget: $5,276,432
SANDYSTON-WALPACK TWP — Students: 149 | Budget: $3,415,419
STANHOPE BORO — Students: 323 | Budget: $6,702,695
STILLWATER TWP — Students: 318 | Budget: $6,785,356
SUSSEX-WANTAGE REGIONAL — Students: 1,083 | Budget: $26,407,808

Union County

GARWOOD BORO — Students: 494 | Budget: $9,414,721
MOUNTAINSIDE BORO — Students: 1,048 | Budget: $19,244,100
WINFIELD TWP — Students: 189 | Budget: $3,638,529

Warren County

ALLAMUCHY TWP — Students: 594 | Budget: $10,628,855
ALPHA BORO — Students: 298 | Budget: $5,681,989
BLAIRSTOWN TWP — Students: 510 | Budget: $9,518,126
FRANKLIN TWP — Students: 228 | Budget: $5,642,145
FRELINGHUYSEN TWP — Students: 158 | Budget: $2,889,096
GREAT MEADOWS REGIONAL — Students: 1,108 | Budget: $21,997,446
GREENWICH TWP — Students: 1,130 | Budget: $19,185,718
HARMONY TWP — Students: 361 | Budget: $6,996,338
HOPE TWP — Students: 243 | Budget: $5,091,782
KNOWLTON TWP — Students: 202 | Budget: $4,542,681
LOPATCONG TWP — Students: 1,223 | Budget: $19,655,936
MANSFIELD TWP — Students: 687 | Budget: $11,327,942
OXFORD TWP — Students: 399 | Budget: $7,723,158
POHATCONG TWP — Students: 433 | Budget: $9,108,396
WASHINGTON BORO — Students: 550 | Budget: $8,704,473
WASHINGTON TWP — Students: 485 | Budget: $9,977,850
WHITE TWP — Students: 453 | Budget: $10,119,486

Steve Sweeney looking to get rid of these NJ school districts. It’s about time!