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Students press board over denied senior trip and cancelled cyber competition; district pledges follow-up

Cheltenham School District Board of Directors · April 16, 2026
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Summary

A senior class president said a requested post-graduation Six Flags trip was denied and asked why class-raised funds could not be used; a Cedarbrook Middle School student asked whether a cancelled cybersecurity competition could be reinstated. District officials said they would follow up with both students.

Simone Lisonbee Metcalfe, a senior and senior-class president at Cheltenham High School, addressed the board during non-agenda public comment to say her class trip request to Six Flags (June 5) was denied as past a district deadline and that she was told the assistant superintendent could grant special permission. "Our papers were…

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