Catch up on the biggest stories in Moorestown this week.
Relay for Life has set their biggest fundraising goal to date, and a local doctor is helping to heal the blind. Catch up on everything from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
WAMS and MHS student receive recognition for top honors
As lightning flashed outside, the media center of William Allen Middle School was filled with thunderous applause at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. Moorestown’s top students were honored during the district’s pageant of success for their high scores on a variety of national examinations. Students who placed in the top tiers of the National Latin Exam, National Spanish Exam and National French Contest were given certificates for their achievements. Students were also acknowledged throughout the night for receiving other academic top honors.
Burlington County police honor officers killed in the line of duty
The annual Fallen Officers Memorial Service took place at the Burlington County Emergency Services Training Center in Westampton. It was held to coincide with Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. More than 120 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in the United States in 2017, and more than 50 have died so far this year, according to statistics cited during the ceremony.
Teachers ‘generally’ dismayed by potential change to class size policy
Moorestown teachers showed a unified front at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting as they took turns speaking about the power of a word. A potential change to the district’s class size policy up for second reading in June inserts language that elementary grades “shall generally not exceed” 25 students and not exceed 22 students in kindergarten. Teachers discussed how “generally” changing the policy could open the door for class sizes to rise.
