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Here is what you need to know about New Jersey's school funding formula. Some say it's time to change, but is that an option? Wochit | Amanda Oglesby

What to know about the 2017-2018 budget passed by Freehold Borough Public Schools.(Photo: FACT LIST BY STEPH SOLIS)

FREEHOLD BOROUGH -- Years of requests for more school fundinghave become a demand for millions of dollars after public school officials approved a resolution Monday to sue the Department of Education for the money.

Officials representing the borough school district, one of the most underfunded in New Jersey, say the state owes it millions of dollars in state aid this year alone according to the school funding formula.

"This is the start of the process but one that's been years in the making," said Joseph Howe, the school's business administrator. "The board feels at this point that they have no other choice but to bring this action, absent a solid plan from the administration, from the legislature to remedy theunder-adequacyof the district."

Since the start of the year, school officials made public appeals for additional state aid this budget season, includinga news conferenceMondaymorningin Trentonaswhere Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington testified before the Assembly Budget Committee.

When grilled by legislators over underfunded districts, Harrington acknowledged that school funding remains a problem but said the problem lies with the formula as well. She referred to Gov. Chris Christie's budget address in February, in which he challenged lawmakers to come up with a new school funding formula within 100 days.

David Saens, a spokesman for the NJ Department of Education, said the agency could not comment because he was "not aware of this particular resolution from the Freehold Borough School Board and we have not received any formal documents regarding it."

The district will be represented by and Bruce Padula and Micci Weiss from the law firm Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri & Jacobs. Howe said they expect to file a complaint to the state Superior Court over the next couple of weeks.

School officials say there are 369 underfunded districts and 222 that are overfunded, or receive more than 100 percent of what they should under the state's school funding formula.

Education policy experts blame Gov. Chris Christie's administration for declining to increase education funding in the budget over his two terms, while increasing funding for charter and choice schools.

"Make no mistake, Governor Christie is directly responsible for the painful cuts schools must make again this year - whether in Kingsway Regional, Freehold Borough, Clifton, Bayonne, Newton or a host of other districts across the state," said David Sciarra, executive director of the Newark-based Education Law Center.

Christie, who called the school funding formula a "disaster," has called for an alternative strategy for funding public schools.

Meanwhile, the state Department of Education has continued to distribute aid to districts based on the 2008 results of the school funding formula even though some districts' enrollment dropped and others', like Freehold Borough and Red Bank's, surged during that period of time. These districts also saw an increase in students who are low-income, at risk or take English as a Second Language, which are other variables considered in the formula.

This year, the borough received $9.7 million in state aid this year, $12 million less than it should per the school funding formula.

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The state awarded Freehold Borough schools $25 million last year to fund new classrooms and building additions to ease the district's overcrowding, following two failed referendums to fund the construction locally.

The school district, which has more than 1,700 students, currently only has enough space for 1,148. The new construction would bring the district's capacity to 1,589.

Rocco Tomazic told the Press he was grateful for the construction grants but worried whether he would have enough teachers to staff the new classroomsdown the road. The district faced a $380,000 budget shortfall and contemplating cutting 10 positions, even though Tomazic repeatedly said the district is 50 teachers short.

The district used $275,347 from unassigned reserves, in addition to some of its surplus from previous years to balance the budget. It also had to eliminate a technology teacher position, which it had previously outsourced.

Padula, an attorney representing the district. says that while hundreds of school districts are underfunded, Freehold Borough is unique in that the district cannot meet its requirements to provide a "thorough and efficient" education to its students without the state aid.

"We believe the facts will demon that the funding that the state provides the district does not comply with its constitutional mandate to provide a thorough and efficient education," Padula said.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Steph Solis: 732-403-0074; ssolis@gannett.com

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LOCAL HARDWARE LOVE: Stevens Hardware on Market Street helped Gwenyfar locate vintage windows for her VW restoration. Photo by Shannon Gentry

Joey Stevens stared at my Volkswagen vent-wing windows for The Argus, my beloved 67 camper-van restoration project. Besides the Stevens Hardware on Dawson that Jock and I frequent, the family has another location up Market Street near the other den of temptation, Sahara Pita and Subs.

How soon do you need this? he asked.

A couple of months? I answered.

I mean, hell, we are three years into the restoration project.

But Joey had other ideas, and I got a phone call the next morning that my VW windows were ready.

Now, before readers roll their eyes at how naive I am, let me explain a little further. The classic no drafts or vent wing windows on VWs are the cute, little triangle windows that kind of turn out at a perpendicular angle from the vehicle. Three years ago, when I started taking the van apart, I pulled the glass out of the metal frames and removed the dry, cracked and nearly dissolved original rubber seals from 1967. Apparently, since I had no guidance, I did this wrong (surprise!). So, I was faced with two metal frames and two pieces of 50-year-old glass I was terrified of breaking if I tried to force it and hit something hard the wrong way.

Sigh.

John Wolfe and I already made an unsuccessful attempt at this in the garage. Then there was the day I waylaid a nice young man who was delivering glass to one of my neighbors. He was polite but definitely convinced I was going to sell him to a group of hippies restoring VWs in small caves somewhere, and he would end his days reinstalling glass on classic vans and bugs at gun point, never to see his family again. He suggested we contact his boss and ran away as fast as his little legs would carry him.

We contacted the boss and were told no-go on VW glass: Try Wolfsburg West!

Ah, the VW parts place Jock theorizes has tracked the progress of this restoration so well, they just send us a random box based on what they assume we must be working on and charge my credit card accordingly.

Well, they dont have the rubber we need (which is shocking because I swear someone could build a VW from scratch from their catalog). But they did offer to reassemble them for me if I shipped them the windowswhich takes service to a whole new level.

But did I mention this was 50-year-old glass? Not sure I want it going through the mail twice.

We tried an auto-glass place. They gave us the run around for six weeks.

Oh, what the hell, I thought. It cant hurt to ask right?

So one afternoon I asked Joey if, since he did window repair, if he might be able to do my VW windows? Oh, and I needed an electric chipper.

Can you show me where mortar repointing supplies are? Teach me how to use the bag for applying mortar before a fine tool? Find this particular size of metric bolt that we lost and match some paint from a paint chip I brought in off the radiator?

Why did I ever go anywhere else? Why?

I remain on a pretty constant high from Stevens. Somehow, they continue to amaze me. I mean, they do screen-door repair! Like many people, I go to the hardware store on a mission and dont really wander around to find out what all is offeredI just focus on the essential item that brought me in that day. One day, while visiting with Beauthe stunningly handsome young canine who works behind the front counter at StevensI learned they offer screen-door repair. (Dont tell my dogs, Horace and Hilda, but Beau is one of my favorite reasons for visiting. I mean, he is a real heart-melter. Sigh.)

In due course, Austin and I dropped off the screen door from the front porch of my childhood home. It had seen better days. For the last seven years, it had been stored in an area that regularly flooded from storms. The screen was ripped, the trim broken. It was a mess.

You know you could just buy a replacement screen door? A well-intentioned neighbor asked while watching us load it.

Well, no. I cant. I could make a replacement screen door, but this is a historic house. Nothing is standard on it. Nothing. After 120 years, nothing is square, either.

More importantly, this is the door that belongs to the house. No, I dont just replace it on a whim. Breakage? Possibly. Destruction? Yes. (Hosana, our Husky-Lab mix, ate three screen doors during the first two years of her life.) But to replace for some sense of convenience or a change of mind? Not me.

Did you know this was originally brass screen? Heather asked me a couple of days later at Stevens.

I shook my head. I guess it just turned black from all the years and dirt. Wow, thats pretty cool.

A few days later, I picked up an almost brand-new door. The screen was repaired, the anti-warping mechanism repaired, the trim replaced, the brass grill behind the lower screen reinstalled, and it looked brand new. All for about $40. But the care and consideration that clearly went into it is priceless.

How long have you been shopping at Stevens? John asked me on our way back to the garage after one of our many trips to Stevens that week.

I guess as long as I have been with Jock? So 14 years? Since they were still on Castle Street. Why? I looked at John in surprise.

Its just unusual to have that long a relationship with a hardware store, John observed.

Jock introduced me to the world of Stevens, and I have to admit I fell in love immediately. But it was when we began the renovation of the new building for the bookstore in 2010 that I began to feel like I had taken up residence. Around that time, they moved to their new location on Dawson, which allowed for an expansion and a more central location. But the important things stayed the same, like the great, knowledgable, helpful staff. Full Belly Project keeps an account with Stevens that gets billed monthlywhich means that when Jock wakes up with an idea at 3 a.m., after five hours in the shop, he can be at the front door when the hardware store opens without having to remember where he put his wallet in the heat of invention.

Ive been thinking about Johns comment, and for Stevens, its not an unusual relationship. Since the 1930s they have been part of life in Wilmington. They continue to do business the same way: with sincerity and decency. Thats why it is not unusual that many people have been shopping with them for much longer than 14 years.

Of course, getting to scratch Beaus ears is also a draw.

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Ocean View, Delaware, April 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Geothermal Heat Pump Market size is slated to surpass USD 130 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Growing demand for energy efficient space heating systems from cold climatic regions, especially in North America and Europe, will drive the geothermal heat pump market size. In the U.S., GHP installation in the Southern states accounted for 35%, the North East was 20%, Midwest at 34% and Western region stood at 11%.

Introduction of various incentives including RHI, financial assistance and tax rebate to encourage the adoption of sustainable heating and cooling system will drive the U.S. geothermal heat pump market. In February 2017, the U.S. government announced that HR 1090 will extend the residential and commercial installation tax credit for GHP systems, small wind turbine, CHP and fuel cell through 2021.

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(Red Oak) -- Another upgrade is set for the Montgomery County Courthouse--but this project is focused on the building's interior.

At its regular meeting Tuesday morning, the county's board of supervisors awarded the contract for the courthouse's heating and air conditioning renovation project to Kale Heating and Air Conditioning and Allensworth Heating and Cooling, with a combined bid of more than $597,000. The board also approved the companies' alternative bid for installation of new windows totaling $40,620. The windows will replace glass removed for individual air conditioning units in the courthouse's offices. The supervisors selected Kale and Allenworth's joint bid over one from another interested company, Complete Air Care of Red Oak. Supervisors Chair Bryant Amos tells KMA News the other bid was rejected because of discrepancies in the bid documents.

"The bid that was really disqualified," said Amos, "was in the amount of $1,840 lower. But, because of not having a bid bond in the packet, it pretty much disqualified it. And, there was a discrepancy in how the numbers were presented. One number was written out, and when you write out the number in words, it was written in a different number. So, we had some problems with that bid. Unfortunately for them, a couple of mistakes kind of put them out of the picture."

Amos says work is expected to begin by June 1st, with the heating portion of the new system up and running by October 1st. He says the new system will be installed in phases.

"We're replacing an old boiler system," he said, "and this will basically be a coolant system. They're trying to use the existing boiler pipe holes and conduits to run their lines. But, there will be some hammer drilling, and things like that going on. So, it will be kind of inconvenient for a while. There will be some noise. They're trying to cooperate on court dates, so they won't be doing the louder things then."

Amos, however, says the project's end result will be well worth any inconveniences.

"We should have a much more uniform heat throughout the building," said Amos. "If one room is too hot, and another room needs heat, it will actually move the heat from one room to the other. We could also be cooling one room, and heating another--like, for instance, our I-T room, where we have all the equipment, and the heat in there. Sometimes, that heat will be able to be distributed elsewhere. Also, there will be times that you would have to cool that room while you're heating the rest of the building."

In order to cover the project's costs, Amos says the county plans to issue bonds, as well as use money earmarked in the county's budget.

"We can bond on our own, without a vote, for $600,000," he said. "And, we are going to use those bonds. But in the first year of it, we have set aside money to make that payment, without raising our debt levy portion for taxes. Then, we'll be able to go from year to year on our debt levy, to see what we need to do."

The HVAC renovation follows on the heals of last year's replacement of the venerable courthouse's roof.

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Gardner Co. has stamped itself as the leading office developer in Downtown Boise after building Eighth & Main, buying the U.S. Bank building and now developing Pioneer Crossing. But Gardner's other project under construction returns the company from ...

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For the second time this month, the Woodinville City Council delayed a decision on a proposed office building near the intersection of NE Woodinville-Duvall Road and NE North Woodinville Way, at its April 18 meeting.

The council delayed until May 16 a decision on whether the city should vacate a right-of-way in an area that would be part of the office and parking lot site, near 148th Avenue NE. Speakers at a public hearing on the proposal immediately before the council meeting debated whether loss of the right-of-way might hinder future access to the Wellington neighborhood, as well as whether the area might be subject to other commercial development.

The proposed office building, a 13,000-square-foot one-story structure, would house the offices of Woodinville-based Sierra Construction.

Although the city currently has no plans to use the right-of -way in the now undeveloped area, speakers at the public hearing said the council should consider the possible need for new streets in coming decades, as the Wellington neighborhood grows.

The council should consider that question carefully, because its irreversible, said Steve Yabroff, city planning commission chair.

Once that right-of-way is given up, its gone, Yabroff said.

Sierra Construction owner Roger Collins told council members that he would grant an easement to the city allowing it to build a new street, if it becomes necessary. Council members suggested that an easement or some other conditional right-of-way should be among the considerations when the proposal is considered next month.

Collins, who owns land adjacent to the office building, said he had no plans for further development in the area, and pledged that he would do whatever is necessary to guarantee that the land not be developed.

If I can get this building built, I would give that hillside away, Collins said. At their meeting, council members originally voted to reject the right-of-way sale. But, they reversed the decision after a procedural discussion and a previously unscheduled executive session to consider property transactions, called after the debate on the disposition of the land adjacent to the office-building site.

Collins, who would pay $20,000 for the right-of-way under an agreement negotiated with city staff, said the site is uniquely suited to meet the companys need for a single-story structure large enough to accommodate its staff of 40 employees.

Earlier in the month, the council delayed a decision on the proposal after hearing from residents near the development who complained that they had not been formally notified of the office building proposal. The council then directed city staff to mail notification of the April 18 hearing to residents within a 500-foot radius of the office building property, and Collins subsequently met with residents to discuss the proposal.

Council member Elaine Cook supported vacating the right-of-way to allow the office building development, and said Collins should be rewarded for his efforts to alleviate the citys concerns.

I worry that denying the vacation hurts a respectable company and its 40 employees, Cook said. I worry that it eats away at our relationship with the business community in general.

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The natural wood shingle contemporary house at 2 Acorn Lane has a covered front porch, a wide open front lawn and a large backyard with an in-ground swimming pool.

From the entrance foyer there is access into the kitchen and French doors into a dining room that is currently used as an office.

The current owners refurbished the wood from discarded slats of the old fence on the property and used it to panel the wall of a hallway and the wall in the great room.

The great room has a fireplace, seven skylights, and walls of windows that look over the 1.18-acre mostly level property, which has gardens, many trees providing privacy, and a brook.

The great room provides a great vantage point from which to view this property, which contains many mature trees, gardens, a brook with a footbridge to cross it, an in-ground swimming pool and a pergola.

The great room has a vaulted ceiling, a red brick fireplace with a beam mantel, and paneling of reclaimed wood from a fence on the property.

The kitchen has a Brazilian cherry floor, vaulted ceiling, five skylights, granite counters, a new backsplash of white subway ceramic tiles, center island, and a built-in desk area.

High-end appliances in the kitchen include a Wolf six-burner range.

There is a large, two-tiered center island with granite counters, cabinets and drawers, and a breakfast bar with seating for four people.

The master bedroom suite is one of five bedrooms in this 3,082-square-foot house; three on the main level and two in the finished walk-out lower level.

The lower level media or family room has a fireplace, a kitchenette, wall-to-wall carpeting, and a door to the pool and yard. Also on this level are two bedrooms, a sunroom and a sauna.

The kitchenette has counter space, cabinetry, a breakfast bar for four, and it comes in handy when entertaining in the backyard during warm weather months.

This house, which is not far from town amenities, has an in-ground swimming pool and a pergola over a bluestone patio that the family refers to as their outdoor living room.

The fenced backyard contains a brook with a footbridge.

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WESTPORT From the humble acorn comes the mighty oak. From the reclaimed wood of an old perimeter fence came the makings of some walls in the natural wood shingle contemporary house at 2 Acorn Lane.

Someone else might have discarded the slats of the old fence but the current owners found value in them. They refurbished the wood and used it to panel the wall of a hallway and the wall in the great room that contains the stone fireplace. As the world celebrates Arbor Day on April 28, there are probably many people who would express gratitude to these homeowners for repurposing this wood.

Wood of all kinds is celebrated in this house. The flooring comprises white oak in some rooms, pine in at least one room, and Brazilian cherry in others. Outside on the 1.18-acre mostly level property there are a number of trees; so many that the current owners say its like living in the woods, and yet this house is in a quiet in-town neighborhood. In summer time when leaves are abundant they cannot see the neighbors behind them. And yet, this property is not isolated at all. It is close to schools, shops and restaurants along Post Road (Route 1) and the train.

The house was built in 1960 and was updated to accommodate todays style of living. It sits on a corner lot that contains an in-ground swimming pool, slate patio with stone sitting walls, and a pergola over one part of the patio that the family calls their outdoor "living" room. Its a great entertaining space, one owner said. In addition to its numerous trees this property also has holly bushes, other shrubbery, and perennials.

The driveway lined in Belgium block provides ample parking for occupants and guests. The open front lawn leads to the wrap-around covered front porch. The front door and sidelights have decorative beveled and leaded glass. There is also a large picture window above the front door, which opens into the two-story foyer, 3,082 square feet of living space, and an open, flexible floor plan. Mounted on the wall of the foyer is another reclaimed board, this one with a number of hooks for coats and hats. The foyer provides access to the dining room - which is currently used as an office, the kitchen and the great room. In addition to the fireplace the great room features a vaulted ceiling in which there are seven skylights.

In the kitchen there is also a vaulted ceiling, this one with five skylights. This house is not lacking natural light. Other kitchen features include granite counters, a new backsplash of white subway ceramic tiles, a Wolf six-burner range, large two-tiered center island with a breakfast bar for four, built-in desk area, and eat-in area. In a hall behind the kitchen is a walk-in pantry. A separate hall between the dining and great rooms contains one full and one half bath, and the hall leads to two bedrooms including the master suite. The master bath has a terra cotta tile floor, jetted tub and stone vanity.

There are three bedrooms on the main level and two more in the finished lower level, where there is also a sunroom and a media or family room with a fireplace and a kitchenette. Both of these rooms have their own doors to the pool and yard. The media room has wall-to-wall carpeting and the mantel of its fireplace is decorated with dentil molding. In the wing that has the two bedrooms there is a sauna. Also on this level is a workshop.

For more information or to make an appointment to see the house contact Darlene Letersky of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at 203-227-8787 or Darlene@finehomesusa.com.

ABOUT THIS HOUSE

STYLE: Contemporary

ADDRESS: 2 Acorn Lane

PRICE: $1,395,000

ROOMS: 11

FEATURES: 1.18-acre level property, corner lot, in-ground swimming pool, sauna, close to train and town, slate patio, interior recently painted, two fireplaces, skylights, lower level kitchenette, pergola, sprinkler system, fenced yard, invisible pet fencing, deer fencing, brook, footbridge, two-car attached garage, workshop, stone walls, oversized pantry and laundry, ample storage, five bedrooms, three full and one half bath

SCHOOLS: Long Lots Elementary, Bedford Middle, Staples High School

ASSESSMENT: $1,041,800

MILL RATE: 16.86 mills

TAXES: $17,565

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The Woodstock was built in 1917, when Rivermont Avenue would have been considered suburbia.

The 10-unit apartment house was designed by Lynchburg architect Stanhope Johnson and later featured in S. Allen Chambers book, Lynchburg: An Architectural History.

In describing what now is the Timmons living room, Chambers writes it was done in a Tudor vein, with high, paneled wainscoting and with bookcases on the fireplace wall and the focal point of the room is the bold chimney breast, with its Tudor-arched firebox and mantle. Above the chimney breast has three panels framed by pilasters with stylized Ionic capitals.

Homeowner Susan Timmons said, We just love this place. I love the architecture here. Its fabulous.

In the spacious apartment, visitors will find items from around the world. Timmons and her husband, Tim, have traveled extensively so extensively, in fact, Timmons, a master gardener, gives a 15-lecture series titled, Gardens of the World.

Artwork is displayed salon style throughout the home. Artists include, among others, Randolph-Macon Womans College alumna Harriet Fitzgerald; Timmons mother, the Richmond artist Elizabeth Thompson; and Timmons herself, who also is an artist.

The walls are covered, Timmons said of the collection.

In addition to her globetrotting, Timmons lived in Korea for several years. That said, shes obviously fond of Asian-style decor. In the living room, theres an array of Asian figurines, and Persian and Indian rugs are used throughout the home. Visitors also will see antique Korean and Chinese cabinets and chests.

Also, at Timmons home and at all of the homes on the Lynchburg Garden Day tour, there will be an ikebana flower arrangement. Ikebana pronounced ee kay bah nah is literally Japanese for arranging flowers. In addition to fresh flowers, ikebana arrangements also might incorporate dried twigs, rocks, driftwood or manmade items.

One of the most unique items in the home is a dining room set with Hollywood roots. The octagonal, glass-and-rattan set once belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor and then-husband John Warner.

Timmons became acquainted with Taylor and Warner in the 1970s, when Warner was running for U.S. Senate. In fact, the couple stayed overnight at Timmons home in Danvilles historic district. When the table became available, Timmons acquired it. It now resides in the sunroom at The Woodstock.

The Woodstocks garden, tucked behind the building, is what Timmons described as a lovely little communal garden, full of perennials, camellias, lilacs, roses, quince, wisteria and other plants.

These people have been gardening in it since the beginning of time, 100 years ago, Timmons said of The Woodstocks residents, past and present. The garden ... has grown over time as people who have lived here have planted what they loved and [did] things they wanted to do out there. So, we all just make room for the next.

This is one of our largest second story addition projects that we have ever designed. In total, there is 1,566 square feet of new living space.

This home addition was built onto our very own New Yorker Cape custom home. The addition itself measures 37' by 43'. With that amount of space, it was really easy to outfit this design with two large bedrooms and one exceptionally large master suite.

The master suite includes its own master bath (which we rendered in a few different styles), and a large 14' by 6' walk-in closet.

Since this second story addition has so many bedrooms, we also included another full bath and a laundry room, so its occupants can stay clean without having to lug hampers up and down the staircase.

This home extension was also estimated with a full extension of the existing HVAC system. The price below actually reflects additional duct work as well as a furnace upgrade with multi-zone control.

Lastly, we could have added another bathroom, family room, or home theater, but instead we outfitted a large space to be used as a home office.

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