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Mount Misery has been an institution in Cherry Hill for 40 years! My brother and I enjoyed this Cherry Hill tradition in a similar way that my father and his brother did. Mt. Misery was our best memory of school, bar none. My two younger sisters may never get a chance to experience this environmental program, that not only teaches ecology in a hands-on fashion, but would be their first and possibly only experience living away from home in a camp-like setting. Many students who have divorced parents, like myself, or come from a lower-income housing situation may be unable to experience an actual camp. The Mount Misery Program provides us the closest thing to one of the joys of childhood. Please help keep the memories alive for the children in Cherry Hill. 

The Mt. Misery Ecology Program costs far less than what seems to be presented. We need to demand proof of this program’s true costs! There are two major benefactors that offset the lion’s share of these expenses, making the school portion less than 1/6,000ths of the school budget;

IF THERE EVEN IS ANY SCHOOL EXPENSE. 

Please click here to join the Save Mt. Misery! campaign. 

Many different programs are facing the block right now in attempt to save around 1% of the school budget. These cuts are as follows: 

The Elementary Schools- They proposed cuts including: The TAG program, IB PYP Coordinators, Instructional Support Specialists (ISS), Instrumental Music, Spanish Teachers, and increase class size maximums to between 22 and 26 students. 

Middle Schools- They proposed cuts including: Vocal Music, Athletics – interscholastic to intramural, Mount Misery, Student Advisory Counselors, Eliminate Advisory period (i.e. AM Beck), and possibly the award winning AVID program.  

High Schools- They proposed cuts including: Assistant Principals, Student Advocates, Eliminating late bus runs, Campus Police/Security, Athletic/Co-Curricular cuts such as deleting all freshman sports and removing Swimming, Lacrosse, Golf and Bowling, and Guidance Counselors.