Students Go Back To School

Back to buses, books and bagged lunches for students as summer vacation officially ends for the younger residents of Millburn and Short Hills.  

"Classes and test and homework, oh my," the High School front sign said, welcoming students back to a national Blue Ribbon School. Millburn High School has been one of top-ranked school throughout New Jersey for years.

The Millburn School District reopened its the doors to its almost 5,000 students on Tuesday to kick off the 2012-2013 school year. Over , which were in orientation last week. 

"The new year is here," Superindendent Dr. James Crisfield said. "It's always great to see the kids with smiling faces back in the classes."

The Board of Education has pushed for state of the art technology and this year it's finally all put into action.

"Now we finally get to utilize the technology we have," Crisfield said. "With the new wireless network we can use it in exciting ways."

In the summer, the board approved  to keep computers under 5-years-old in schools.Not only that, but in June. 

Over the summer the district has also been working hard to prepare the school grounds for the students' return. 

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