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Board considers budget cuts

10. March 2010 at 11:46 am

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By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Haddonfield Sun Residents may be looking at an increase of about 2.5 percent in the school tax rate – one of several suggestions made by the Board of Education’s finance committee last week to help bridge a…

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Spring break shortened

10. March 2010 at 11:43 am

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By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Haddonfield Sun Pending any more snow days, students’ spring break will be a little shorter this year. Business Administrator Andy Hall said the district has missed three days of school so far this year due to inclement weather.…

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For some parents, the back-to-school blues

26. August 2009 at 3:50 pm

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By AUBRIE GEORGE | The Haddonfield Sun For a parent, watching your youngest child go away to college, seeing him move out on his own – can be difficult to endure. Empty nest syndrome is the depression some parents or caregivers face…

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Soon, school supplies will be in high demand

20. August 2009 at 8:56 am

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By AUBRIE GEORGE | The Haddonfield Sun Like it or not, homework time is right around the corner. Pretty soon, life for the average Haddonfield student will once again be about teachers, tests, textbooks and school projects. But as painful as it might…

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Need up-to-date school info? Go to district Web site

12. August 2009 at 4:12 pm

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By AUBRIE GEORGE | The Haddonfield Sun In this day and age, we need information and we need it now. This is especially true when it comes to kids and especially when it comes to their education. Lucky for Haddonfield residents, information about their…

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State nixes Tavistock district

15. July 2009 at 11:39 am

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By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Haddonfield Sun Say goodbye to the Tavistock School District. Gov. Corzine signed a bill several weeks ago to eliminate all school districts in the state that do not have a school within their boundaries. Tavistock will merge with…

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In this week’s Haddonfield Sun

23. June 2009 at 10:59 am

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In this week’s print edition of The Sun: • Persistence gets book published: Shirley Hough fulfilled one of her late husband’s lifelong goals by having his first novel posthumously published. • Record connects two generations of sluggers: Chris Davis, a sophomore at HMHS,…

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Voters say ‘yes’ to school budget

21. April 2009 at 11:28 pm

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Haddonfield residents have passed the school district budget. According to unofficial election results posted on the district’s Web site (www.haddonfield.k12.nj.us), there were 1,472 votes for the budget and 569 votes against it. The average homeowner in Haddonfield will pay about $108…

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Head to the polls

15. April 2009 at 4:34 pm

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By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Haddonfield Sun Residents will have their chance to go to the polls on Tuesday, April 21, for the annual board of education election. The school district will see an unopposed board of education election for three positions. Polls…

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BOE passes budget

8. April 2009 at 7:42 am

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By ROBERT LINNEHAN | The Haddonfield Sun After weeks of work and meetings with the public, the Haddonfield Board of Education approved the 2009-10 school district budget last week. The $31.879 million budget is now in the hands of the voters when they…

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