with the quality of education their students have been receiving at Pennsauken High. The board’s sentiments have created a furor in Pennsauken, a sprawling township that nearly surrounds the tiny borough of Merchantville.
Pennsauken school officials have vowed to fight Merchantville’s attempts to send its students across town lines to Haddonfield.
A bit of Sending-Receiving history
The Merchantville Board of Education, during a special public meeting on January 28, 1988 considered a consultant’s study examining a proposal to transfer about 100 of the borough’s students to the smaller, more prestigious Haddonfield Memorial High School. Since October, members of the Merchantville board have repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction
State Board of Education Decision – January 8, 1997
State Board of Education Decision – January 7, 1998
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