{"id":2960,"date":"2018-10-02T21:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T01:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2018-10-29T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:07:45","slug":"referendum-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/blog\/referendum-rejected\/","title":{"rendered":"Referendum Rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff,<\/p>\n<p>The Rutherford community has voted to reject the proposed $53M referendum to improve our school facilities. While this is a disappointing result, we still need to provide adequate space for our growing enrollment and create environments to support our students academically. We will examine our plan to determine if there is a less encompassing alternative that could still give us more classroom space and make the district compliant with federal and state mandates, even if it does not fulfill all of our needs.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all of the voters who became informed and supported the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Jack Hurley, Superintendent of Schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff, The Rutherford community has voted to reject the proposed $53M referendum to improve our school facilities. While this is a disappointing result, we still need to provide adequate space for our growing enrollment and create environments to support our students academically. 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