NJDOE Gave Us a 749-Page Adaptive Testing Proposal. It Still Doesn’t Prove the System Works.
So we are approaching our year-long quest to get data from the NJ DOE on evidence that the new adaptive...
Lower Columbia Fields: Hydric Soils, Green Acres Questions and Unclear Grants
As part of a records request in regard to the Lower Columbia project, an email to Ms. Viana, dated 3/30/26,...
Westfield School Budget: Health Benefit Surge Drives $142.5M Preliminary Proposal
As with the other budgets we covered, the numbers we’re looking at on Westfield’s preliminary school budget can change before...
New Providence 2026-27 School Budget: Tax Levy Outpaces Spending as Fixed Costs Surge
Well we finally got the rest of the Budgets from the DOE just as NP posted it’s agenda one day...
Benefit Burden – How Rising Health Costs Are Reshaping Madison’s School Budget
Like with every other preliminary budget in this series, please keep in mind that the numbers Madison starts with here...
Mountainside’s $457 Margin: Living on the Edge of the CAP
Mountainside was one of the more annoying budgets to get – there were no top line items on the agenda...
Budget Breakdown: Cost Drivers and Revenue Shifts in Chatham Schools
The next ’26 -’27 full preliminary budget write up is Chathams, and just like every other budget we’re breaking down...
Understanding Millburn’s 2026–27 School Budget: A Complete Preliminary Review
Below you will find the full detailed 2026-27 Millburn Preliminary School Budget-this can change between now and when it is...
A Closer Look at Summit’s $63M Budget: Growth, Taxes and Structural Costs
Summit was another town we needed to submit an OPRA in order to get the budget. While they had a...
Scotch Plains’ New Budget Explained: Taxes, Spending, and Debt
Our last article about the Scotch Plains budget ended up being an article about missing documents and blocked access. Soon...