Schools
Polling Places for MRHS Referendum Vote Today from 3-9pm
Eatontown, Tinton Falls and Shrewsbury Township taxpayers can cast their votes from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at a number of locations.
Officials at are putting it in the hands of taxpayers on Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. whether or not to move forward on at $12.3 million construction and renovation project on the 50-year-old school.
The project includes:
- Renovation of eight science classrooms;
- Addition of new auxiliary gymnasium;
- Updating of girls' locker room;
- New storage space for athletic equipment;
- New storage space for band and A/V equipment;
- Repointing of masonry;
- Addition of solar paneling;
- Removal of asbestos;
- Renovation of athletic training room.
Business Administrator Maria Anne Parry estimates that the district will generate about $200,000 in revenue annually from the solar panels.
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Paying the debt back over 15 years, Eatontown taxpayers can expect a $13.41 annual increase in the schools portion of their tax bill; Tinton Falls residents' taxes will go up $15.54 yearly; Shrewsbury Township taxes wil rise $7.82.
If paid back over 20 years, Eatontown taxpayers' bills will rise $0.26 annually; Tinton Falls taxes will rise $3.24 and Shrewsbury Township tax bills will increase $0.93.
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See the photo gallery for polling places and a Power Point presentation also available on the school's Web site.
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