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SOUTHERN OCEAN Times Vol. 10 - No. 38
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Kids Color Their Way To Fun With Local Cops
March 25, 2023
Tentative Lacey School Budget Includes Layoffs
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–Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Jacob Bahooshian, 16, shared how important it was for him to work with a paraprofessional on a consistent basis
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Community News Pages 8-11
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News Page 14
–Photo by Stephanie Faughnan Children started the morning by coloring their way to fun as they donned badges.
Inside The Law Page 17
Classifieds Pages 18
By Stephanie Faughnan LITTLE EGG HARBOR – Local cops carried out an amazing sting last weekend that resulted in the apprehension of at least 200
young children. “Operation Cops and Crayons” culminated in multiple citations for good behavior as kids enjoyed the opportunity to meet with officers from the Little Egg Har-
Why Was There So Little Snow At The Shore?
By Andrey Nalbantov JERSEY SHORE – Do any of you remember the massive snowman contest more than two weeks ago at the beach? No, of course you don’t. It’s because we’ve barely had any snow this winter – not enough to even build a single snowman. And with the
winter months now passed, an important question is being raised again. Why was there so little snow at the shore? Luckily enough, there is an answer to that question, and it doesn’t exactly involve climate change, a term many believe taboo. (Snow - See Page 13)
bor Police Department. Authorities suitably equipped the children w it h cr ayon s when they showed up in full force for the event held at the local branch of the Ocean County
Public Library. Youngsters proudly displayed stickers and police badges pinned to their clothes and became “badge buddies” for a couple of hours. (Kids - See Page 4)
By Stephanie Faughnan LACEY – Local school administrators introduced the district’s 2023-2024 tentative budget to an audience large enough to require use of an overflow meeting room. “It’s a balanced budget, but it’s an awful budget,” shared Superintendent of Schools Dr. Vanessa R. Pereira. “In the past two weeks, we were forced to revise it and reduce it drastically.” Changes came after the district learned that instead of losing an anticipated $2 million in state aid, cuts for the 2023-2024 school year would be nearly doubled. The reduction comes on top of five previous years of decreased state aid and culminates in the 2024-2025 school year for total state funding losses of over $13 million. (Budget - See Page 5)
County Leaders Denounce Cuts In State Aid
By Bob Vosseller OCEAN COU NTY – Members of the Ocean County Board of Com missioners took aim at Governor Phil Murphy and his administration for the increased deep cuts in state aid funding sus-
tained by many school districts in the county. W hile dist r icts throughout the state have taken some deep cuts since the S-2 State Aid Funding formula started in 2018, districts such as Toms River, Jackson, Brick, Lake-
wood and Manchester have seen millions of dollars cut over the last five years. This year, Toms River and Jackson saw deeper cuts that were unexpected when Murphy put forward the state’s budget. During a recent meet-
ing of the Board of Commissioners, members unanimously passed a resolution criticizing the cuts to districts in Ocean County and the state as a whole by the New Jersey Department of (Cuts - See Page 21)
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