08/10/2023 BOE Agenda: John’s Notes
A new Assistant Superintendent is on the agenda tomorrow night for approval, and it is essential to note that this vote comes on the heels of a secretive process with little to no community input. One concern I have about the new Assistant is his recommendation in another township that the BOE ban Town Council members from schools because they...
What We Can Do to Reverse The Berkeley Heights Declines in Math, Science, and ELA Part 1: The Budget
The First in a Series of Articles on How Berkeley Heights Can Repair the Damage under Dr. Varley’s Leadership Since BHCW’s analysis of the Berkeley Heights School District’s declines in Math, Science, and English came out, I have had many conversations with different parents, teachers, and other school staff in the community on how to reverse them. In the second...
The Administration’s Response To Our District’s Declines Was Everything We Expected and Less!
The First of Two Articles on the District’s Presentation to the Curriculum Committee on the BHPSNJ Declines in Math, Science and ELA We finally received the presentation or work product from the curriculum committee that resulted from Ms. Penna attempting to protect Dr. Varley from having to answer questions the public had about our declining proficiencies. This was the document...
Transparency is a Key Component to the Success of DEI
** Since the publication of this article, a community member pointed out that the individual I described as a Student may not be a student. I went back to the original documents I received from the District and it is not clear as to whether the individual who wrote the email referenced in this article is a student. Please keep...
Do the Rules Even Matter?
In the clip below, Ms. Akiri points to the BOE’s continued policy violations under Angela Penna and Joy Young. These violations include interfering with a resident’s right to free speech (Angela Penna has consistently interrupted residents improperly while speaking about issues that are strictly related to District business and BOE actions), the Budget process, social media policy, and the continued...
We Know the Report Did Not Exist – We Never Believed It Did
Gale Bradford, Pamela Stanley and The BOE Majority Continue to Gaslight Parents on Questions Surrounding the BHPSNJ Declines On 5/11/2023, Dr. Foregger and Ms. Khanna asked the Board of Education to instruct Dr. Varley to provide a report to the community on the Declines of our High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Students in the areas of Math, Science,...
Interesting Facts About Ridgewood, NJ
Answers to Questions the Community Had about Our Business Administrator’s new District. One question we’ve heard asked in the community – does Ridgewood have an information source similar to BHCW? This question came up in the community discussion surrounding news (that we broke) of the Business Administrator’s acceptance of employment in Ridgewood. The answer is yes- sort of. There are...
Varley, Penna and ….Danielsen?
The Folks Wanting to Destroy OPRA Appear to Have One Thing In Common: Hiding Important Information from the Public Currently, legislation is being proposed at the state level -championed under the guise of saving money-that would render OPRA meaningless. OPRA is a law that allows residents to obtain documents from government entities and provides remedies for non-compliance. Under OPRA, government agencies...
Thank You Ms. Nardi
Email to Ms. Nardi cc’d to the BOE. This email was intended to thank Ms. Nardi for the incredible job she has done for our District and as a cue to our Superintendent and our Board on the qualities of an effective leader of institutions that serve children and families. Good Morning Ms. Nardi, I wanted to thank you for...
Dr. Varley’s Resume And Rankings
Rankings Matter… Sometimes It has been nearly two months since NJ released its performance reports, and Berkeley Heights and Mountainside residents discovered GL’s significant drop in rankings and the underlying drop in proficiency across ELA and Math. Berkeley Heights residents had more bad news as the proficiency in Math, Science, and ELA dropped across every school and was outperformed by...
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