MILLSTONE — Monmouth County Superintendent of Schools Carole Knopp Morris will not waive $600,000 in tuition fees that the Millstone Township School District owes the Upper Freehold Regional School District for the 2006-07 school year.

Morris also denied Millstone Township School District's request to exceed the 4 percent tax levy increase cap to devise its 2009-10 budget. Business Administrator Bernard Biesaida made the announcement about Morris' decisions at the March 9 Board of Education meeting.

In a Feb. 17 letter to Morris, the Millstone school district asked the county superintendent to waive the regular education and special education tuition adjustments totaling $590,180 from the 2006-07 school year that are now due to the regional school district. The letter stated that the Millstone Township Board of Education requested the waiver due to a hardship.

The Board of Education decided to hold a public hearing on the proposed school budget for 2009-10 at 7:30 p.m. March 30.

In other business, Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue said that the school year would be extended to June 19 due to the recent snow day. Donahue said June 17-19 would be half-day sessions. An eighth-grade graduation date had not yet been confirmed at the time of the meeting, but Donahue expected a decision would be made within the next week.

Donahue also spoke about kindergarten enrollment for the 2009-10 school year. She said thus far enrollment has been low, with 63 children signed up. She said the district usually has at least 100 children sign up during the first two days of enrollment. There are 118 children in the kindergarten program this year, according to Donahue.

The district has scheduled another kindergarten enrollment session from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 23. Donahue encouraged parents to sign their children up for kindergarten as early as possible to help the district plan for staffing.

Donahue also said residents have been asking her to post videos of the board meetings on the school district website. The meetings are recorded and broadcast on the public access cable Channel 77. Donahue said the board would need to purchase a different camera to record meetings for the website. The equipment would cost approximately $2,300, she said. Donahue also noted that the person recording the board meetings costs the district $2,500 to $3,000 per year.

Finally, the board reviewed lunch prices for the 2009-10 school year. The cost of lunch will not change next year, and will remain $2.05 at the primary and elementary schools and $2.30 at the middle school.