If you think the cuts in the Millburn budget haven't directly affected Millburn High School, but instead just linger "behind the scenes" out of sight of the students, you'd be wrong. Whether you see it or not, the budget cuts as a result of our loss of millions of dollars worth of state aid have actually been impacting students and teachers. Look at the athletic department. Are you a big follower of Millburn football? You probably have noticed there's no junior varsity team this year, among other cuts in athletics. In the MHS music program, the school band no longer is able to play at every …

Last spring concerned parents and school staff filled the meeting rooms as the Board of Education made its final reviews of the budget before approving it. The board only had days to complete a budget to submit for the county schools superintendent to review it after learning it had lost all of its approximate $3 million in state aid. Millburn wasn't the only district in the state that suffered significant cuts in state funding last spring, and school officials across the state were making tough decisions on how to trim their budgets. But unlike in many other districts, the people who filled …