It's School Election Day!

In case you haven’t heard, today is school election day, and there’s plenty you need to know about regarding what’s on the ballot. Here’s a list of topics you should be aware of.

You Need to Know Where and When to Vote: Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Washington Township, and can be accessed at ; and .

You Need to Know About Budgets: Washington Township is served by two school districts; the Washington Township (grades K-8) and West Morris Regional (grades 9-12). This means you will be voting for two separate budgets. The Washington Township budget is a 0.41 percent increase over last year’s, and the West Morris Regional budget is a 0.48 percent increase over 2010. For more info on the K-8 budget, . And for the regional district, .

You Need to Know About the Candidates: The Washington Township Board of Education has four open seats, none of which are being contested. The candidates on the ballot are ; ; ; and . In the West Morris Regional District there are also four seats open with five candidates running–the only contested seat represents Chester. The candidates are ; John Meyer; ; ; and .

You Need to Know About Some Issues: Both school districts have ongoing issues they feel should be addressed. For candidates’ thoughts in the Washington Township district, . And for candidates’ thoughts in the regional district, .

You Need to Have it All in One Spot: And that’s why we created an information page that includes all of these articles–and more–in one easy-to-use place. .