Morris Plains Parents, Taxpayers: Are You Glad to be in a Small School District?

Patch wants to know: How do Morris Plains parents and taxpayers feel about being part of such a small school district?

With only a few hundred students in the borough's two schools, it's the sort of district some state leaders say just shouldn't exist—a prime opportunity for cost-saving consolidation.

But some school leaders and others are telling us they wouldn't have the Morris Plains district any other way, even if it means hard work and hard choices. The close community fostered by the tiny school system is a special one, they say.

We want to know: How do parents and taxpayers feel? Do your kids get something special from being part of such a tight-knit community? Is a small district a good use of resources? What's your experience with the district been like over the years?

Call Patch editor Kathy Shaskan today at 973-270-6275 or e-mail her kathy.shaskan@patch.com.