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Finance News/information

We recently read another candidate’s comments in a local paper questioning district spending, which was difficult to reconcile with the public record: Manchester earned a 100% in Fiscal Management on its most recent NJQSAC review and has received the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for 28 consecutive years.

• Manchester Township Board of Education Manchester Township, New Jersey Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Year Ended June 30, 2025. (This is the most recent). 

• Manchester Township School District NJ QSAC Quality Single Accountability Continuum (2024). QSAC is currently being done again now. Mrs. Wingler is on the Governance Committee. 

• 2026-2027 Manchester Township Budget 

• $160K State Grant Awarded For Tutoring In Manchester Schools, Manchester Patch (2026). 

Financial Audit Presentation - Mr. Rob Provost and Mrs. Carmella Silipena, PKF O’Connor Davies 1/21/2026

You can see it for yourself below from the recording. No findings. Certificate of Excellence! 

Visit the Audit Presentation on YouTube. 

Strategic Plan

MTSD Strategic Plan (also available on the district website).

This brief document lays out exactly what Manchester Township School District is currently working toward through its Strategic Plan.

The plan was originally implemented in 2023 through a strategic-planning process and was renewed by the Board for another two years in September 2026. It establishes the district’s priorities and guides the work of the Board and administration around areas such as student achievement and opportunities, safety and belonging, and communication.

It’s also an important resource during an election. When you hear candidates discussing their “priorities” or ideas for the district, check the record. Many of the things being talked about today have already been district priorities for years.

Be informed. Read the plan. Check the public record. Know which ideas are actually new and which ones Manchester is already doing.

Board Member Attendance

There’s been a lot of discussion about incumbent Board member attendance over the past three years on social media lately regarding this election, so here’s something more concrete.

Using publicly available Board meeting minutes and public records, we compiled the attendance information and turned it into a simple visual so everyone can see the record for themselves without other distracting information.

No speculation. Just the public record, made easier to see.

Setting the record straight on the 2025–26 budget 

One candidate is campaigning on his "recent" no vote on the 2025–26 budget. That vote was April 30, 2025.

The record: three public meetings over six weeks to build that budget. The board secured an extra $39,512 in state aid to restore cuts to homeless tuition, special ed services, and cafeteria staffing. The final budget passed 5–1. The minutes record the vote, and they don't record a reason.

This same member also missed the April 8 Special Budget Meeting and approved the tentative budget in March. 

Since then: 28 straight years of clean financial audits, a 100% QSAC Fiscal score, and the same Business Administrator managing district finances for 20 years.

Judge the budget on the record, not on political spin. It's public, see it for yourself.