The ACFR Dashboard (Part 5): The True Cost of School Security
Up to this point in our series we took a hard look at using the ACFR to determine the trajectory...
Clock is Ticking: New Providence BOE Gives Public Less Than 48 Hours to Review Agenda….again
Correction – 02/26/2028: This article contains the following error: it states or implies that OPMA required the agenda or packet...
John’s Notes on the 02/26/2026 BHPSNJ BOE Meeting
District and Board Goals Two items listed at the Start of the Meeting include Board Goals and District Goals as...
Union County Flood Risk: 724 Repetitive Loss Properties, 9 Mitigated. What’s the Plan?
Union County is holding its final public meeting on the Draft 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) on Wed. 02/25/26 @...
Next Week In Trenton- Data Center Tariffs and Police Transparency
Next week’s Legislative Calendar has a few items we covered last week: A3882 (meal link on school websites), A1873 (DEP...
This Week At NJ21st: PILOT Payments, Density Fights, and Data Centers
Starting with schools, we publish two ordinances that seek to codify CONSISTENT payments from PILOTs to Berkeley Heights schools and requires vendors who...
NJ21st Launches Initiative Seeking to Partner With Berkeley Heights Mayor and Town Council to Make Education More Sustainable for the Children of Berkeley Heights
Update 02/20/2026 @6:20pm Section 7 changed “try to negotiate” to “no first reading unless the agreement includes an Education Impact...
Beyond the Cameras: AI, Police Access, and the BHPSNJ Referendum
Security Theatre in NJ is running rampant as Police Departments and Security firms are chewing into school budgets for highly...
Reimagining the “Integral” Curriculum in the School District of the Chathams
The following letter was sent to the Superintendent and BOE for the School District of the Chathams on 02/14/2026. Also...
Following NJ21st Report, Berkeley Heights Scrubs Connell Density Plan from 02/17 Council Agenda
Less than 48 hours- after our reporting on the 02/17/2026 Meeting, the Township posted an updated agenda that pulled the...