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Seaside Heights voters reject school-district merger
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Voters in Toms River Regional School District supported the proposed merger
Seaside Heights voters rejected a proposal to merge their school district with a larger regional district. The ballot question was considered Tuesday by the four towns that make up Toms River Regional School District -- Toms River, Pine Beach, Beachwood and South Toms River -- along with Seaside Heights.
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Seaside Heights voters reject school-district merger
Clip: 4/17/2024 | 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Seaside Heights voters rejected a proposal to merge their school district with a larger regional district. The ballot question was considered Tuesday by the four towns that make up Toms River Regional School District -- Toms River, Pine Beach, Beachwood and South Toms River -- along with Seaside Heights.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipwell home rule one in a ballot question put before some Jersey Shore voters on Tuesday Seaside Heights residents rejected a proposal to merge their school district which has just a single school with Tom's River Regional School District while voters in the towns that make up Toms River Regional overwhelmingly approved the plan since it only takes one town to scrap the deal Seaside Heights decision prevails that means the Hugh J Boyd Elementary School which serves about 180 students will remain open indefinitely as we reported yesterday if the merger had gone through the school would have been closed after five years and Seaside Height students would have been sent to Tom's River [Music]
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