ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ, wɪð ɛnɹˈoʊlmənt ɛksˈiːdɪŋ ðə skˈuːlz tˈɑːɹɡɪt ʌv wˈʌn,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ, ðə hˈædənfˌiːld pˈʌblɪk skˈuːlz nˈoʊɾᵻfˌaɪd ðə dˈɛlɐwˌɛɹ tˈaʊnʃɪp skˈuːl dˈɪstɹɪkt sˈɪns ɹᵻnˈeɪmd æz ðə tʃˈɛɹi hˈɪl pˈʌblɪk skˈuːlz ðæt ɪts stˈuːdənts wʊd nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ biː ɐksˈɛptᵻd æt hˈædənfˌiːld məmˈoːɹɪəl hˈaɪ skˈuːl ˈæftɚ dʒˈuːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks.
In May 1954, with enrollment exceeding the school's target of 1,000, the Haddonfield Public Schools notified the Delaware Township School District (since renamed as the Cherry Hill Public Schools) that its students would no longer be accepted at Haddonfield Memorial High School after June 1956.