Bayshore Jointure $64,000 Question ?

The last Board of Education meeting featured a large number of upset parents that came out because a rumor that the Bayshore Jointure Learning Center was not going to have it’s lease renewed by the Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District. The CPMA has heard from some of the parents that the the information was leaked from board members. When we have absolute proof we will name them.

The CPMA empathizes with these parents and we think it is despicable that certain members would play on the fears of parents of special needs children for political purposes to make Dr. O’Malley look bad.

There is an article in the Independent in which Bayshore Jointure Commission Superintendent Dr. Arthur Waltz says the cost of a student in the program is $32,500. He also states that our District has 19 students in the program.

Well 19 x $32,500 = $617,500

It was mentioned in the minutes of the Matawan Aberdeen BOE meetings that the district’s payments to the Bayshore Jointure totaled $1.2  million a year?

$1.2 million - $617,500 = $582,500

What is the extra $582,500 being used for, or why are our local students costing $64,000? That is almost twice what other district’s pay. Why?

The CPMA strongly supports the early learning center but we want to know why it is costing our District an extra $582,500? Are we subsidizing the cost? How long has this been going on? It is not fair to our children and our taxpayers. The CPMA believes the time has come to get a full accounting of what the Bayshore Jointure spends and what is the Matawan Aberdeen fair share. Time for an audit.