The figures show a projected increase from 7,192 to 7,228 in the coming year. How does this come to a 5% increase in students? The latest polls show a 15-30% decrease in children under the age of 5 in Wayne according to The Record. They are really in need of an investigation into the fianances and spending by an independant auditor. They are certainly adding alot of fat in the budget and fudging the figures.

I can't figure the graph out. What numbers add up to the Total Cost Per Pupil.

The increase is just 0.5 percent; not 5 percent.

These people are incompetent as it can be. We need an investigation.

The increases are caused to their benefits and salaries and pensions.

Fact - since 1968 this country has spent over $1 trillion on Education improvements in this country; the highest of any non-third world country in the entire globe. Yet we STILL lag behind most of Europe and Pacific Rim countries in Math & Sciences. STOP the insanity! Please! In the classroom it should be nothing more than individual accountability, discipline, studying/dedication and family values coupled with the available teachers/teaching we are provided. Not Unions, unnecessary programs and entitlements! Will this country ever learn???

Gee...so the $10K private school tuition we elect to pay is actually a bargain compared to public school per pupil cost? And even though we help pay that public school bill on top of that as residents, we can't get a dime back in vouchers or a tax break? Nice deal, very one sided.

@Wayne Resident, We might as well. Us folks that have no children in any school system have subsidize your kids.

Ah Leanbean, we have had this discussion before. Were you aware that real estate taxes paid contribute to the school system? Of course you were. When you purchased your home, you knew what you were getting into.

Also, your comment suggests you are ok with paying a for public schools as well as subsizing private schools. Is that what you meant to say?

Leanbean, I can't control tax increases directly, so really can't comment. But for you to complain about paying for public schools and say you would just as willingly subsidize private school makes no sense unless you are just arguing for the sake of arguing. Which is fine, enjoy.

Lean, I'm with you. Don't have any children in school but still have to pay.Some states have it that if you don't have children in the system, you don't have to pay. But this is wonderful New Jersey where you pay through the NOSE on everything.

I don't think we should pay at all. My parents have been paying school taxes with NOSE children in the system for over 35 years. Now is that fair ? Township and County taxes I can see because we get services from them. All we get from school taxes is "Money for nothing"

Nose, I don't completely disagree with you, I'd support a surcharge in my RE taxes for the school system while my kids go there to offset some taxes for people that don't utilize the system. But I do think a solid school system attracts families that will help maintain and incresae housing values (I understand past few years are a aberration). So some contribution from non-school familes is warranted.

However, to ask for subsidies for private school is a different matter.

It is disgusting to read that it costs more per pupil in a public school. Let's FIRE all the administrators for the public schools and hire the ones from private schools. I also resent having to pay for someone else's child. Everyone pay for their own offspring. See how quickly property taxes come down. I also upgraded when property taxes were reasonable. Now it has become unconscionable.

Wayne Resident

1:49 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013

You expect the US citizens to subsidize your kids private schooling? Nice

WR,Perhaps she does not, perhaps she thinks she should be allowed to make a choice as to how to and where to send the child to school and just as all children are permitted to be educated at the expense of the tax payer, perhaps hers should also. They would then not be subsidized anymore than children in any other school system. You as a bean counter should be able to see that side of the argument.

The higher the taxes, the lower the school rating
Wonderful. How about the kids that have od'd or have been bullied in this wonderful system? They aren't even in the stats. Parent take care of your own before the government takes that job away from you.

Bello sounds like a realtor pushing the wonders of Wayne down everyone's throat. Where is her son now?

Uh oh, I think Justice started Happy Hour a little early today.

Justice, you will never see those stats because it will chase away the few people we have left in this town that have NOSE clue how are wonderful education system is run.

WR. Go happy hour yourself
You are the big spender.
The rest of us have nothing left after we pay the inflated property taxes.

WOW, I thought I was the only one left that had nothing left. Just isn't right.

Does this increase in per student cost have anything to do with the idea of giving each student an I Pad like tablet ? You heard it here first.

I don't have kids in school and still pay school taxes, so am I entitled to an I Pad being I am paying for them ?

The Wayne School Board and its free spending Super is going to kill this town. Wayne kids have enough. They are always instituting a new program, now tablets if its true, sushi at the high school this absurdity has to stop. Whats next parking valets for the kids who drive to school. Go into the schools on weekends when its closed and the heat is on full blast, "Why Worry" the taxpayers are paying. Solar panels, school bus advertising not one penny will go towards relieving the taxpayers burden, it will go to institute new programs and hire more staff. That is what Super Gonzalez. When I was a child there was a cartoon character called "Speedy Gonzalez". The Super Gonzalez makes Speedy look like a snail when it comes to spending money. As fast as they get it they spend it, sometimes before they even get it!

Solar panels- reduce utility costs, Bus advertising-reduce costs, and how many other "reduce costs" projects are we going to see before we actually see "reduced costs"?

The cost per student will have increased over a 2 year period by just about 10%. THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS in these economic conditions. THERE should have been an average reduction in the cost per student over the past two years with economies of scale due to more students with the same facilities and better resource allocations. .

The time is long past when an AX was taken to the budget, no more cut a penny here and nickle there. CUT, CUT, AND CUT SOME MORE. Cut programs, cut costs, cut NON-essential areas. Too many of the budget items are luxuries, not necessities.

Regarding the economics of residents who pay to send their kids to private schools while paying for schools as well----INDEED the folks who send their kids to private schools on their own dime, do save the district money. There is no reason not to give "voucher" of at least $5,000 by the district for each child who attends a parochial school as they save the district an "...average of $15,000.... per year."

This voucher system would encourage more parents to send their kids to private schools, reduce the fixed costs of the district by incremental sums, and everyone would win.

Flood Plain......the only way you are going to have any chance of reducing spending is to vote these people out. Period. Nothing will change if no change is made. You have 3 seats coming up this November. We need to put 3 new people on the Board that will be fiscally more responsible. I was reading today that the Glen Rock BOE has a no increase budget. 0 tax increase. O.K., I know that Glen Rock is much smaller than Wayne, but it's all relative. I would also like to see how our cost per student stacks up against similar towns.

Al, we are not the most expensive.NY average is $15,863, Vermont $17,847 Wash DC $16,034 and Wyoming tops off the list at $18,068,

WTF. Why should property owners pay for someone else's special needs kids?
change the law. It is ridiculous. This is adverse selection . Everyone with these kids will move to Wayne. Insurance companies wouldn't accept. When did I become an underwriter for Special Needs kids? ?

WTF. Why should property owners pay for someone else's special needs kids?
change the law. It is ridiculous. This is adverse selection . Everyone with these kids will move to Wayne. Insurance companies wouldn't accept. When did I become an underwriter for Special Needs kids? -

Change the laws. They want to cut Medicare and keep this crap?

Put these kids in homes. Then take away the family assets. That's what they do with seniors. What happened to North Jersey Training School? Insurance claims people send patients for an IME who determines that the person has reached their Max and cuts them off. Who is cutting off these kids while taxpayers pay the babysitting costs?

Isn't this the BOE that a few years ago allowed the WEA to cancel a current contract that had a year or more left to go before expiring? This was to get around the new 2% Cap under State Law that was going into effect. The teachers and staff got raises in excess of 2%. Tell me how many Townships allowed that to happen? This is just one example of how they have total disregard for taxpayers in this community. By the way this was all done very quietly behind closed doors. This amongst alot of other things. Other Townships fght tooth & nail to avoid increases. Not here we just play ball and the taxpayers keep paying. When will one of our Township leaders stand up and say enough is enough we have to give our taxpayers some relief and lower spending. But when you have a "Good Ole Boy Club" at town hall its never going to happen. The Mayor is too busy making commercials and cutting ribbons and the Council members are too busy patting themselves on the back while Wayne suffers a fianancial meltdown.

Pad, why do you think they spent "thousands" on a " special soundproof room" ? So they have a room to hold those "quiet behind closed doors" meetings so NOSEbody can hear what is being said. So now you and everyone else NOSE why they built that "fancy" secret room for.You should stop there some day and ask to see it being you and I both paid for it with our hard earned money.Public money, public knowledge.In case they can't find it, it's right by the supers office.

I would like to know the justification for this (Get Smart Soundproof Room)? Nose you know as well as I do what goes on in this town. Right under the taxpayers noses. When it comes to taxpayers dollars unless it affects National Security, the taxpayers should be told where every dollar is going. Spender Gonzalez & his partner Berrios has to go. I personally know a few people they offered jobs to from thier old prior location. We know where that was. The BOE is out of control when it comes to spending. Th State should do a full investigation of all fianances, spending & hiring in Wayne BOE. The contract deal almost borders on being a criminal attempt to defraud taxpayers. There was collusion to cancel an existing contract before it expired to circumvent the 2% Cap that was passed into law. I believe it was even done on a weekend. This is something else that should be investigated andmade public. Maybe someone here knows more details on this. Enrollment is going down but they say its rising! What gives? We all know they can budget money for things and then use it for other things after they pass a budget. When taxpayers can't afford to live here they will soon have alot of open spaces in the classrooms. I would love to see the actual duties of some of these administrators during the course of the week. Does the BOE buisness administrator work ALL week for her salary? Thee is so much they try to cover up but it always comes back to bite them.

Don't NOSE what the final total was but it was in the "thousands" to totally refurbish the "entire" administration building that was just "renovated" when the last super was here which was only a couple of years. Does anybody out there "totally renovate" their house every couple of years ? NOSE I don't nor have the money to do that except when you have a "blank check" to make all your payments.