The district’s semi-annual Regional Review, mailed to parents earlier this month, focused on the Village School expansion and the future of the district’s offices at 505 Village Road.
The question is not where the administration will go — it is headed to offices at the expanded Village School — but rather whether the district actually owns its current building.
The property was purchased by West Windsor Township in 1968 and was leased to the district beginning in 1990. “In 1999, the district notified the township of its intention to purchase the building and provided the township with a final payment, [but] at this time a deed was not provided to the school district,” says Superintendent David Aderhold.
In 2005 West Windsor Council passed a resolution acknowledging that the township had sold the property to the school district, but again no deed was issued. While current township tax records list the district as the owner of record, the Mercer County Clerk’s Office still maintains that the township holds the deed and that the title has never been changed.
The issue moved toward a resolution at the April 28 council meeting, at which the council unanimously approved a final settlement to PSE&G of $3,000, ending the litigation between PSE&G and the township, which related to PSE&G having a property lien on the site.
This matters, says West Windsor Business Administrator Marlena Schmid, beacuse “once the payment to PSE&G has been made, the lien will be lifted, and the deed will have clear title. This will allow us to finalize the process of transferring the deed from the township to the school district.”
View the full report at www.west-windsor-plainsboro.k12.nj.us.
