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Voters approve consolidating trio of school districts
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Special election took place Tuesday in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands
In a special election on Tuesday, voters in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands in Monmouth County approved the merging of their K-6 elementary school districts with the Henry Hudson Regional District, which currently serves middle school and high school students. The move, which has been pushed for years, will combine three boards of education and three budgets into one.
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Voters approve consolidating trio of school districts
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In a special election on Tuesday, voters in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands in Monmouth County approved the merging of their K-6 elementary school districts with the Henry Hudson Regional District, which currently serves middle school and high school students. The move, which has been pushed for years, will combine three boards of education and three budgets into one.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipwell budget Watchdogs have long joked about New Jersey having more than 600 school districts now after an overwhelming vote of approval last night there will be two less voters in the Raritan bayshore towns of Highlands and Atlantic Highlands voted in favor of consolidating their k-6 Elementary School Districts merging it with the Henry Hudson Regional District that currently serves middle and high school students now the move has been pushed for years and combines three boards of education and three budgets into one the new regional district is slated to be up and running by next July the original Plan called for nearby Seabright to also join the merger but other districts that are currently receiving Seabright students blocked that effort over concerns about the economics of it [Music]
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