Sherrill’s School District Consolidation Plan Draws Sharp Criticism

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Toms River, Brick and Jackson could be forced to consolidate school districts under Governor Mikie Sherrill’s new proposal. Sunday night, Sherrill unveiled her plan to force school districts across New Jersey to consolidate, a move that would make conditions much worse for many school districts in northern Ocean County.

Sherrill said her plan to drive down the costs of education means eliminating districts such as Jackson, Toms River, Brick and Lakewood, and merging them together, creating would could be called the Greater Lakewood Regional School District.

For residents of those towns currently being forced to sell schools, cut programs and fire teachers under Governor Phil Murphy, that is an apocaly

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