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Contact a New Jersey Legislator
Let your voice be heard! Below are sample email and social media posts that you can send to New Jersey Government Officials if you wish to express concern regarding the impending state aid cuts to the LRHSD for the 2024-2025 budget year.
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Sample Emails
Email to Governor, Senate & Assembly Leaders, Budget & Education Committee Chairs
To: constituent.relations@nj.gov, SenScutari@njleg.org, SenGopal@njleg.org, SenTurner@njleg.org, AsmCoughlin@njleg.org, SenSarlo@njleg.org, AswSwain@njleg.org, AswPintorMarin@njleg.org, AsmWimberly@njleg.org, AswLampitt@njleg.org, AsmStanley@njleg.org, senoscanlon@njleg.org, senzwicker@njleg.org, senbucco@njleg.org
Subject: Support our Students....SOS
Governor Murphy, Senate President Nicholas Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senator Gopal, Senator Turner, Senator Sarlo, Senator O'Scanlon, Senator Zwicker, Senator Bucco, Assemblywoman Swain, Assemblywoman Pintor Marin, Assemblyman Wimberly, Assemblywoman Lampitt and Assemblyman Stanley,As a (parent, resident, business owner) and VOTER of (insert community) and proud New Jersey citizen, I am writing to you with a sense of urgency regarding the recent devastating reduction in school funding for the 2024-2025 school year in the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD). I am requesting that restorative funding be included in Governor Murphy's final approved budget with the goal to fully cover the proposed cut to state aid.
For seven consecutive years, the LRHSD, along with around 200 other districts, has witnessed our local taxpayers' dollars being redirected to over 400 different school districts in NJ due to Senate Bill S2. The S2 reductions were mandated to be gradual, to allow districts time to make incremental cuts to yearly budgets, but the LRHSD is now facing an unexpected and substantial reduction in state aid of $4.69 million, almost 14 times more than what was mandated by Senate Bill S2!
I urge you to swiftly address this funding crisis by fully reinstating our state aid. It’s imperative that this is done as soon as possible, in time for school districts to finalize their budgets in April. There will be cuts even if some or all of the state aid is returned to us, but those cuts will be less severe if districts like LRHSD receive restoration.
Our state’s exceptional public schools are a point of pride and build strong communities. As a state, we have made the choice to invest in our children, in our future and theirs. The future of every New Jersey child cannot and should not wait. I look forward to your immediate action.
Sincerely,
(Customize with your name and address)
Email to District 7 Representatives
To: AsmConaway@njleg.org, AswMurphy@njleg.org, SenSingleton@njleg.orgSubject: Support our Students....SOS
Assemblyman Conaway, Assemblywoman Murphy, and Senator Singleton,As a (parent, resident, business owner) and VOTER of Mount Laurel and proud New Jersey citizen, I am writing to you with a sense of urgency regarding the recent devastating reduction in school funding for the 2024-2025 school year in the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD). I am requesting that restorative funding be included in Governor Murphy's final approved budget with the goal to fully cover the proposed cut to state aid.
For seven consecutive years, the LRHSD, along with around 200 other districts, has witnessed our local taxpayers' dollars being redirected to over 400 different school districts in NJ due to Senate Bill S2. The S2 reductions were mandated to be gradual, to allow districts time to make incremental cuts to yearly budgets, but the LRHSD is now facing an unexpected and substantial reduction in state aid of $4.69 million, almost 14 times more than what was mandated by Senate Bill S2!
I urge you to swiftly address this funding crisis by fully reinstating our state aid. It’s imperative that this is done as soon as possible, in time for school districts to finalize their budgets in April. There will be cuts even if some or all of the state aid is returned to us, but those cuts will be less severe if districts like LRHSD receive restoration.
Thank you for your efforts to help the students of the LRHSD and I encourage you to continue to push for restorative funding now! You have the power to make a significant difference to ensure that our schools and students receive the support and resources they desperately deserve. The future of every New Jersey child cannot and should not wait. I look forward to your immediate action.
Sincerely,
(Customize with your name and address)
Email to District 8 Representatives
To: AswKatz@njleg.org, Sentiver@njleg.org, AsmTorrissi@njleg.orgSubject: Support our Students....SOS
Assemblywoman Katz, Senator Tiver, and Assemblyman Torrissi,As a (parent, resident, business owner) and VOTER of (insert community) and proud New Jersey citizen, I am writing to you with a sense of urgency regarding the recent devastating reduction in school funding for the 2024-2025 school year in the Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD). I am requesting that restorative funding be included in Governor Murphy's final approved budget with the goal to fully cover the proposed cut to state aid.
For seven consecutive years, the LRHSD, along with around 200 other districts, has witnessed our local taxpayers' dollars being redirected to over 400 different school districts in NJ due to Senate Bill S2. The S2 reductions were mandated to be gradual, to allow districts time to make incremental cuts to yearly budgets, but the LRHSD is now facing an unexpected and substantial reduction in state aid of $4.69 million, almost 14 times more than what was mandated by Senate Bill S2!
I urge you to swiftly address this funding crisis by fully reinstating our state aid. It’s imperative that this is done as soon as possible, in time for school districts to finalize their budgets in April. There will be cuts even if some or all of the state aid is returned to us, but those cuts will be less severe if districts like LRHSD receive restoration.
Thank you for your efforts to help the students of the LRHSD and I encourage you to continue to push for restorative funding now! You have the power to make a significant difference to ensure that our schools and students receive the support and resources they desperately deserve. The future of every New Jersey child cannot and should not wait. I look forward to your immediate action.
Sincerely,
(Customize with your name and address)
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Sample Social Media Posts
Please help us maintain our outstanding student programs & extra-curricular opportunities by providing Restorative State Aid Funding to the #LRHSD! Thanks for all your efforts so far! @SenMTeresaRuiz @TonyBucco @AndrewZwicker @declanoscanlon @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @MikeTorrissi
Our #LRHSD mission is to provide unlimited educational experiences for all students- help us continue our mission by providing Restorative Funding! Thanks for all your efforts so far! @SenMTeresaRuiz @TonyBucco @AndrewZwicker @declanoscanlon @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @MikeTorrissi
Every #LRHSD student deserves a positive high school experience! Please help us continue this by providing Restorative State Aid Funding! Thank you for all your efforts so far! @SenMTeresaRuiz @TonyBucco @AndrewZwicker @declanoscanlon @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @MikeTorrissi
We need your help to preserve our students’ positive school experiences in the #LRHSD! We need Restorative State Aid Funding - thank you for all your efforts so far! @SenMTeresaRuiz @TonyBucco @AndrewZwicker @declanoscanlon @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @MikeTorrissi
Please help us maintain our school community by reinstating our state aid - we need this ASAP so #LRHSD can finalize the budget in April! Thank you for all your efforts so far! @SenMTeresaRuiz @TonyBucco @AndrewZwicker @declanoscanlon @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @MikeTorrissi
Please help the #LRHSD with the current budget crisis by providing restorative state aid funding ASAP so the budget can be finalized in April! Thank you for all your support so far! @SenMTeresaRuiz @TonyBucco @AndrewZwicker @declanoscanlon @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @MikeTorrissi
We need Restorative Funding NOW since Lenape Regional HS District will be gutted beyond what was ever anticipated: 19% ($4.69 Million) of @NJgov aid will be GONE. Devastating for #LRHSD students.
@vingopal @troy4NJ7 @AswAndreaKatz @pamlampitt1 @SenPresScutari @SpeakerCoughlin
S2 cuts were mandated to be gradual so districts had time to adjust yearly budgets. Lenape Regional has done this. #LRHSD now faces a 19% or $4.69M slash in @NJgov aid for next year alone, 14x more than expected!
@vingopal @AswAndreaKatz @troy4NJ7 @SenPresScutari @SpeakerCoughlin
Thank you @troy4NJ7 @AswAndreaKatz @MikeTorrissi for your most recent efforts to help the students of the Lenape Regional HS District. We need FAIR funding for all students. I encourage you to push for Restorative Funding now! #LRHSD
Education in @NJgov is not “fully funded” when 140 districts are being stripped of millions. #LRHSD has lost over $10M in State aid since 2018 and stands to lose $4.69M next year alone.
Please help all students @vingopal @PamLampitt1 @troy4NJ7 @SenPresScutari @SpeakerCoughlin
.@NJgov aid to Lenape Regional plummeted from $29.2M in 2018-19 to $18.9M in 2024-25. Underfunding of special education + rising costs for everything leave a massive budget hole.#LRHSD students deserve better!
@vingopal @AswAndreaKatz @PamLampitt1 @SenPresScutari @SpeakerCoughlin
Continued cuts are dismantling Lenape Regional HS District. I urge elected officials to reject @GovMurphy's plan, provide Restorative Funding and demand FAIR funding for all students moving forward. #LRHSD
@troy4NJ7 @AswAndreaKatz @pamlampitt1 @SenPresScutari @SpeakerCoughlin
