Year in Review: Haddonfield Schools

Every year brings the typical school news—the high school gets a new group of alumni with , students at the and, as has been the case for many years, Haddonfield and schools .

But it’s the individual students that add up to make a year stand out, and Haddonfield certainly had plenty in 2011.

dominated much of the year. Teachers have turned out to and even night in protest, but the talks drag on into 2012.

March saw a controversy, this time in the form of outcry over a at the district office. It was quickly replaced following .

2010 began with court proceedings over school districts’ right to enact a “24/7 policy” on student conduct. That matter also dragged on into 2011 with a court ruling in .

Haddonfield schools had a minor scare in September when they briefly , and the board of education threw its hat into the ring of in the .

At the schools, students laid down to , while a appeared on national television and the high school madrigal singers showed off their . The middle school principal and Central School parents over security system frustrations, while parents the high school auditorium.

In a year of a still-sluggish economy, voters didn’t raise objections to Haddonfield schools’ budget, the spending plan. Curious about what some of that budget goes to? Learn the .

Although 2011 is ending, the school year is barely halfway through. What do you think the rest of the academic year will bring for Haddonfield schools?

Number of school-related stories published on Haddonfield Patch in 2011: 173. Stay in the know year-round with Haddonfield Patch’s schools topic page.