School officials decline offer for ground spraying
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer
      JACKSON - Administrators in the Jackson School District declined an offer from the township to conduct ground spraying for gypsy moths. Municipal officials made an offer to use the chemical Talstar on areas near the schools.
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Odyssey students raising funds for world finals
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer
      HOWELL - Dressed in their tailormade T-shirts sporting the medallions they received by placing second in their division at the New Jersey state finals of the Odyssey of the Mind academic competition were the fifth-grade members of the Odyssey Eclipse team.
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Auditor reviewing Jackson school budget for 2008-09
Voters' rejection of $64M tax levy leaves final plan in doubt
BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer
      JACKSON - An auditor is in the process of reviewing the budget that the Jackson Board of Education has proposed for the 2008-09 school year. Voters in the April 15 school election rejected a $64 million general fund local tax levy that was requested to support the Jackson School District's $136.5 million budget for the 2008-09 school year.
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