By MELISSA DIPENTO
The Lenape Regional High School District sent a preliminary 2011–2012 budget of $143,031,192 to the County Superintendent today.
The budget represents a 3.64 percent increase from the 2010–2011 budget.
In Mt. Laurel, the tax levy includes no increase in regional school taxes on a home assessed at the township average of $142,000, LRHSD Business Administrator Jim Hager said.
A budget hearing will take place at 7:30 p.m. on March 23 at the Administration Building, 93 Willow Grove Rd., Shamong.
The election will be held on April 27.
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