888:, Merchantville School District. Accessed November 1, 2015. "The Merchantville Board of Education is proud to announce that the Commissioner of Education has affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision to sever its sending-receiving relationship with Pennsauken and enter into a new sending-receiving relationship with Haddon Heights.... The current graduating 8th graders (Merchantville Class of 2015) will be able to attend Haddon Heights High School under the send/receive agreement. However, students that are already attending Pennsauken HS or other high schools will not qualify to attend under the new send/receive agreement. Instead, every year for four years, a new class will be sent to Haddon Heights until all of our students are phased into Haddon Heights."
900:, Merchantville School District. Accessed May 10, 2020. "We are excited to work with Haddon Heights and to phase in our students into their high school. The students will be phased into Haddon Heights High School. The current graduating 8th graders (Merchantville Class of 2015) will be able to attend Haddon Heights High School under the send/receive agreement. However, students that are already attending Pennsauken HS or other high schools will not qualify to attend under the new send/receive agreement. Instead, every year for four years, a new class will be sent to Haddon Heights until all of our students are phased into Haddon Heights."
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962:, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 19, 2024. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The Superintendent is appointed by the Board to act as executive officer of the School District." See "Roster of Officials" on page 12.
810:, August 20, 2000. Accessed December 24, 2015. "Next weekend, after more than a decade of preparation, alumni of Merchantville High, from the year the school opened in 1929 until it closed in 1972, will be meeting for a reunion.... Early on, Merchantville High served the surrounding region. As population growth during the 1950s and '60s affected Pennsauken, Maple Shade and Cherry Hill, other high schools were built in the area. Students were drawn away from Merchantville, and the high school shut down."
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1315:Chesilhurst
1238:Haddonfield
1213:Cherry Hill
584:Maple Shade
576:Cherry Hill
550:of 11.7:1.
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90: /
66:Coordinates
1582:Categories
1501:Gloucester
1491:Cumberland
1476:Burlington
1388:Gloucester
1378:Cumberland
1363:Burlington
1248:Pennsauken
1243:Lindenwold
1107:Barrington
1056:New Jersey
653:References
536:Barrington
479:New Jersey
475:U.S. state
430:Data from
151:Enrollment
78:75°02′55″W
75:39°56′58″N
51:New Jersey
1521:Middlesex
1511:Hunterdon
1462:by county
1408:Middlesex
1398:Hunterdon
1335:Tavistock
1329:Stratford
1253:Pine Hill
1187:Woodlynne
1177:Stratford
1172:Somerdale
1167:Runnemede
1137:Gibbsboro
1132:Clementon
1127:Brooklawn
526:with the
473:, in the
216:Per pupil
1551:Somerset
1526:Monmouth
1486:Cape May
1466:Atlantic
1438:Somerset
1413:Monmouth
1373:Cape May
1353:Atlantic
1325:Hi-Nella
1289:Sterling
1152:Magnolia
1147:Lawnside
1112:Bellmawr
540:Lawnside
514:through
461:through
257:$ 18,891
251:$ 17,705
236:average
221:spending
219:District
1541:Passaic
1428:Passaic
1309:Audubon
1203:Audubon
566:History
554:Schools
332:−20.1%
231:average
193:Website
159:Faculty
138:Schools
29:Address
1566:Warren
1556:Sussex
1531:Morris
1516:Mercer
1506:Hudson
1481:Camden
1471:Bergen
1453:Warren
1443:Sussex
1418:Morris
1403:Mercer
1393:Hudson
1368:Camden
1358:Bergen
1208:Camden
1076:Oaklyn
452:public
425:61,136
419:71,151
404:51.9%
380:−6.8%
356:16.0%
284:−2.2%
281:14,159
275:13,854
260:−6.3%
234:%± vs.
173:10.4:1
108:Grades
1561:Union
1546:Salem
1536:Ocean
1496:Essex
1448:Union
1433:Salem
1423:Ocean
1383:Essex
926:Staff
854:from
512:ninth
469:, in
465:from
432:NJDoE
377:1,612
371:1,502
353:1,547
347:1,794
329:2,167
323:1,731
308:0.1%
305:8,659
299:8,669
162:36.5
112:Pre-K
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