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Students and parents urge action as Robbinsville outlines cuts; board hears pleas to save AVID and sports
Summary
Dozens of students and residents spoke during public comment after the budget presentation, with students describing fear over lost programs and parents offering to fund or advocate for short‑ and long‑term solutions; officials said they will continue outreach to state legislators and local partners.
Students and parents packed public comment at the Robbinsville Board of Education meeting on March 24 to press officials for alternatives after administrators outlined $2.4 million in cuts resulting from a failed March 10 funding question.
Madison Beaver, a fifth‑grade student at Pond Road Middle School, told the board, “We are scared to have overcrowded classrooms. We are scared to lose programs like AVID, enrichment and band.” Ava Wittcamp, a sixth‑grade choir and athletics participant, said the AVID program supports about 100 local students and “has already assisted me so much; I’m not ready to say…
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