Board of Island Managers
The Board of Island Managers is charged with overseeing the earliest
educational trust in the United States, formed in 1682 when the provincial
government of West Jersey gave Burlington Island
to Burlington City, on the condition that all revenue from use of the
island be used to fund eduation.
The Board itself was organized in 1727, and has dispensed money from the
trust to support education for over 200 years. Revenues from use of the
island have been used to provide education for the poor, construct and
improve facilities for public schools, and reduce local school taxes.
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