http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/03/21/corzines-new-jersey-budget/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/03/21/corzines-new-jersey-budget/#comment-2153 Bill Rouse Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:00:34 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=953#comment-2153 I was on the Branchburg Board of Education and submitted an idea to the County Superintendent that he said could not be implemented due to state statute. My proposal was to consolidate school districts at the Superintendent and Business Administration level and have sub-districts report to them that continue to operate in the same configuration. I had used the example of Branchburg and Somerville. There could be consolidated district with one Supt/BA and their staff and the districts below them remain in tact, but the two districts together save probably $500,000 in admin costs. The sticking point across NJ is home rule, but this could be a start. If it works, then districts may be more amenable to full regionalization and consolidation. We must start somewhere and with the scarcity of supts and BAs causing a run-up in salaries for those positions, this is a good place to start. If you wish to discuss, please e-mail me at the address above. Thanks. I was on the Branchburg Board of Education and submitted an idea to the County Superintendent that he said could not be implemented due to state statute. My proposal was to consolidate school districts at the Superintendent and Business Administration level and have sub-districts report to them that continue to operate in the same configuration. I had used the example of Branchburg and Somerville. There could be consolidated district with one Supt/BA and their staff and the districts below them remain in tact, but the two districts together save probably $500,000 in admin costs. The sticking point across NJ is home rule, but this could be a start. If it works, then districts may be more amenable to full regionalization and consolidation. We must start somewhere and with the scarcity of supts and BAs causing a run-up in salaries for those positions, this is a good place to start. If you wish to discuss, please e-mail me at the address above. Thanks.

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