Toms River Schools Referendum: Pine Beach Elementary

Voters in the Toms River Regional School District will be heading to the polls on Jan. 22, where they are faced with the question of whether the district should spend $147 million to make upgrades, critical repairs and address a multitude of issues.

Among the questions people are asking is what it will mean for each of the schools. The district held information sessions Jan. 3, 7, and Jan. 8 discussing what is involved in the Rebuilding Our Schools initiative. A page on the school district's website is dedicated to the project as well.

Of the $147,148,269 package, the state will cover $47,281,593, leaving $99,866,676 to be paid by district taxpayers, Business Administrator William Doering said.

For Beachwood taxpayers, it would cost $8.06 per month or $96.75 per year on the $203,600 average assessment.

In Pine Beach, taxpayers would pay an additional $11.06 per month or $132.72 per year on an average assessment of $267,900.

In Toms River, the additional debt service would cost taxpayers $11.80 per month, or $141.65 per year, for a home assessed at the township average of $272,400. In South Toms River, the cost would be $6.04 per month, or $72.52 per year, on a home assessed at $165,200. For Beachwood taxpayers, it would cost $8.06 per month or $96.75 per year on the $203,600 average assessment.

You can see how much it would cost you based on your home assessment on the tax calculator on the district's website.

Here is how Pine Beach Elementary School would benefit. The following is the list of projects planned at the school, which opened in 1954 and is 65 years old. The school serves 435 students and 60 staff members and won a $100,000 arts grant from the state Department of Education in 2017. Also included are the costs.

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