Five Things You Need To Know About the Galloway Township School District

http://galloway.patch.com/articles/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-galloway-township-school-district
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The district voted to move school board elections to November and to pass their annual budget without voter approval as long as they stay under the 2 percent cap at its meeting last week. Though this may be disappointing to some, it is a representative democracy board.

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The Galloway Township School District has joined the 5^th annual Jeans for Teens Campaign, sponsored by dosomething.org the district announced Tuesday morning, Jan. 31. The campaign collects gently worn jeans for homeless teens across the country.

3: A handful of people were hired and/or rehired with new salaries that will save the district $20,000 annually.

4: Recently the school district was audited and, though some changes need to be made, there is no loss in federal funding for the school.

5:  Recent discussions between the school district and the NCLB reveal that economically disadvantaged children are not scoring as well as children who are not economically disadvantaged. Because of this, they are going to study the free breakfast and lunch programs at the schools at no cost to the tax payers.