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BOROUGH SCHOOLS BUDGET SQUEAKS OUT OK

boe-voter2A voter arrives at the third- and seventh-district polling station on Broad Street in Red Bank Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)

Voters rejected school budgets for the Red Bank Regional, Little Silver and Middletown school districts Tuesday, but approved the Red Bank local district spending plan by a 10-vote margin, according to unofficial data from Monmouth County election officials.

The budget for the two-school Red Bank local district pulled in 411 votes in favor and 401 votes against, figures indicate.

Fewer than 30 percent of Monmouth County districts saw their budget questions approved, the lowest in at least a decade, the Asbury Park Press reports, citing unofficial results.

Here are the tallies for area districts. In all cases, the “question” refers to the issue of whether to approve the proposed spending plan.

Fair Haven Board of Education
6/6 100.00%
Under Votes 1154
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Claudia BRASCH 818 32.67%
– Jeffrey SPECTOR 795 31.75%
– Nancy WALRATH 831 33.19%
Write-In 60 2.40%
Total 2,504 100.00%
Fair Haven Borough Question
6/6 100.00%
Under Votes 5
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 676 55.59%
– No 540 44.41%
Total 1,216 100.00%
Little Silver Board of Education (Full)
7/7 100.00%
Under Votes 827
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Andrew T. WALSH 734 34.64%
– Kathleen O’BRIEN-DRISCOLL 707 33.36%
– Jennifer PARDEE 658 31.05%
Write-In 20 0.94%
Total 2,119 100.00%
Little Silver Board of Education (1yr Unexp)
7/7 100.00%
Under Votes 563
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Andrew LLOYD 884 97.25%
Write-In 25 2.75%
Total 909 100.00%
Little Silver Borough Question
7/7 100.00%
Under Votes 14
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 622 42.52%
– No 841 57.48%
Total 1,463 100.00%
Middletown Board of Education
46/46 100.00%
Under Votes 9513
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Vincent BRAND 4,805 16.74%
– Patricia WALSH 3,377 11.77%
– Gerald WEXELBERG 3,308 11.53%
– Chris AVETA 4,383 15.27%
– Leonora CAMINITI 3,734 13.01%
– Dawn DIORIO 4,115 14.34%
– Michael MASCONE 4,795 16.71%
Write-In 185 0.64%
Total 28,702 100.00%
Middletown Twp Question
46/46 100.00%
Under Votes 94
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 5,361 42.36%
– No 7,296 57.64%
Total 12,657 100.00%
Monmouth Regional Board of Education (Tinton Falls)
15/15 100.00%
Under Votes 2110
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Thomas C. NEFF 1,418 48.66%
– Anthony SCHAIBLE 1,434 49.21%
Write-In 62 2.13%
Total 2,914 100.00%
Monmouth Regional Question
20/20 100.00%
Under Votes 82
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 1,830 49.26%
– No 1,885 50.74%
Total 3,715 100.00%
Red Bank Borough Board of Education
9/9 100.00%
Under Votes 1873
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Benedict J. FOREST 523 77.60%
Write-In 151 22.40%
Total 674 100.00%
Red Bank Borough Question
9/9 100.00%
Under Votes 41
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 411 50.62%
– No 401 49.38%
Total 812 100.00%
Red Bank Regional Board of Education (Red Bank)
9/9 100.00%
Under Votes 975
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Ann CIABATTONI 504 31.94%
– Ronald S. HORTON 512 32.45%
– Emily A. DOHERTY 530 33.59%
Write-In 32 2.03%
Total 1,578 100.00%
Red Bank Regional Board of Education (Shrewsbury)
3/3 100.00%
Under Votes 237
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Randy Jay MENDELSON 501 99.01%
Write-In 5 0.99%
Total 506 100.00%
Red Bank Regional Question
19/19 100.00%
Under Votes 49
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 1,418 46.83%
– No 1,610 53.17%
Total 3,028 100.00%
Rumson Board of Education
2/2 100.00%
Under Votes 1067
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Michael SAPNAR 811 27.52%
– Craig PINSLY 715 24.26%
– Valerie FERRANTE 637 21.62%
– Todd HAVARD 759 25.76%
Write-In 25 0.85%
Total 2,947 100.00%
Rumson Borough Question
2/2 100.00%
Under Votes 5
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 806 56.48%
– No 621 43.52%
Total 1,427 100.00%
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Board of Education (Fair Haven)
6/6 100.00%
Under Votes 365
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Michael GOIONE 837 98.12%
Write-In 16 1.88%
Total 853 100.00%
Rumson-Fair Haven Reg Board of Education (Rumson)
2/2 100.00%
Under Votes 726
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Kaye FISKE 955 49.30%
– Donald H. MAC NEAL 958 49.46%
Write-In 24 1.24%
Total 1,937 100.00%
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Question
8/8 100.00%
Under Votes 14
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 1,486 56.20%
– No 1,158 43.80%
Total 2,644 100.00%
Shore Regional Question
15/15 100.00%
Under Votes 24
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 1,456 44.50%
– No 1,816 55.50%
Total 3,272 100.00%
Shrewsbury Borough Board of Education
3/3 100.00%
Under Votes 752
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Kelly KACHINSKI 487 32.91%
– Lisa BARNES 501 33.85%
– Peter MEYER 478 32.30%
Write-In 14 0.95%
Total 1,480 100.00%
Shrewsbury Borough Question
3/3 100.00%
Under Votes 5
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 386 52.02%
– No 356 47.98%
Total 742 100.00%

Tinton Falls Board of Education
15/15 100.00%
Under Votes 2640
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Sandra LOPEZ 883 18.01%
– Susan E. FISHER 1,205 24.57%
– William F. HOLOBOWSKI 992 20.23%
– Joseph SETARO 800 16.31%
– Kenneth HAGER 974 19.86%
Write-In 50 1.02%
Total 4,904 100.00%
Tinton Falls Borough Question
16/16 100.00%
Under Votes 51
Over Votes 0
Vote Count Percent
– Yes 1,326 51.54%
– No 1,247 48.46%
Total 2,573 100.00%
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