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Residents, students urge board to keep neighborhood schools and retain student counselor Morgan McDonald
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Dozens of parents, students and residents urged the Haddon Township Board of Education to retain neighborhood elementary schools and to reconsider the removal of student assistance counselor Morgan McDonald during a packed public-comment period.
Dozens of parents, students and residents packed the Haddon Township High School meeting May 15 to press the Board of Education to keep the district’s neighborhood elementary schools and to urge the board not to remove student assistance counselor Morgan McDonald.
The comments came during the public-comment portion of the board’s regular meeting and were led by parents and current high-school students who said neighborhood, K–5 schools foster volunteerism, safety and social connections that would be lost under the grade-level reconfiguration being discussed in work sessions.
“Please protect that culture. Keep Edison and every neighborhood school intact,” said Natalie Eds, identifying herself as a resident of 417 Maple Avenue. Eds said her family’s…
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