Tenafly voters narrowly approved a $76.1 million school construction referendum that initially trailed on Election Day.
Final numbers after provisional and late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots were counted gave the spending proposal a 12-vote margin, 1,199-1,187 (50.25% to 49.75%).
When the polls closed on September 17, one of four special school board elections New Jersey holds annually, the Tenafly vote was 1,116 (49.75%) in support of the public question and 1,127 (50.25%) in opposition.
Voter turnout was 22.2%.
The ballot question will affect four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school and qualifies for $19.4 million in state funding.
Last month, Bay Head, Hillsdale, Northfield, Randolph, and Stafford approved school bond referendums; voters rejected ballot questions in Collingswood, Dennis, Little Silver, Scotch Plains/Fanwood, and the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.