We, the undersigned, support the Haddonfield Board of Education efforts to minimize budget cuts that could effect academic quality, including those cuts that would increase class size, and reduce class offerings.

In response to the state's $1.5 million cut in aid to our schools, we support the Board's decision to offset the shortfall with a recommended increase to the student activity fee and a tax levy increase of 4%. 

The student activity fee is paid by those families who participate in after-school, extracurricular and athletic activities at the middle and high school level and has not increased in the past five years.  At present, the Board subsidizes these after-school activities at a cost of more than $900,000.