24/7 School Policy Scrapped, but Lawsuits Remain
Haddonfield no longer has a student-conduct policy outside of school.
The borough Board of Education last week officially repealed its so-called 24/7 student-conduct policy but a residue of unresolved lawsuits remain. In July, the board suspended the policy of denying students arrested for alcohol or drug offenses the ability to participate in extracurricular activities. That was on the heels of a state Appellate Court ruling striking down a similar policy in the Ramapo Indian Hills school district because it violated state law. The official repeal of the Haddonfield policy came last week after the state Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal for the case, BOE President Steve Weinstein said Wednesday. But Matthew Wolf, a Cherry Hill attorney, said Wednesday the policy was never legal and nearly 90 students …
Brian Kelly
2:23 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Steve, I know exactly what you mean. When I talk about activities, I'm thinking about some of the things when I went to school in the 70's. We had "dances" organized by the students with live bands that played pretty good music. I remember one with low lights and a mirror ball in the gym. It appealed to all kinds of students 9 thru 12. Back then I thought it was pretty groovy! The price was the … more ›