Berkeley Heights having the highest per-pupil cost with the lowest rankings makes Sense
It’s probably not the number of buildings, and we are definitely not spending money on textbooks and supplies. In one of the Budget Meetings, one BOE member (condescendingly) brushed off the concerns about our high pupil cost, implying that it was a function of the number of buildings the Berkeley Heights School District had. She also brought up Westfield as...
2023 BHPSNJ Budget Pre-Meeting Wrap Up
Overview of Snap Shots and Where We Can Go From Here So I covered several areas that would be important to families, teachers, and principals to the best of my ability. The first item comes down to very big questions on the Benefits account that Sai brought to the public’s attention. We possess the documentation (through OPRA) other Districts used...
Ms. Stanley’s District-Funded Ethics Complaint Against Sai Akiri Continues to Backfire
Another set of ethics allegations validated by the SEC moves on to a Judge There is now a third SEC-validated complaint against Ms. Stanley to arise out of what many feel were politically motivated actions by the Board against Ms. Akiri. In a somewhat ironic twist, a large portion of the complaint against Ms. Akiri was dismissed, and the remainder...
Ratings, Rankings and Dollars
Further Evidence that Berkeley Heights Needs to Re-Evaluate the Direction the District is Going A community member provided us with a table containing the following information: ” all districts are included within an approximate 10-mile radius of Berkeley Heights, excluding North Plainfield, Plainfield, and South Plainfield. Data takes the average of all school buildings in each public school district that...
The Next Budget Meeting Needs to be a Course Correction
What the District Can Do to Increase Public Confidence Given the rankings and ratings that recently came out, it is clear that the massive investments in attorneys and central administration have not paid off. It is also clear that the last thing we should do is remove any resources from our schools. That does not mean we can’t re-think how...
Nj Education Report PublisheS New Information ON BHPSNJ BudGet…..And It Doesn’t Look Good
NJED Report Op-ed from BHCW Contributor Uncovers a Potentially Significant Problem on Medical Benefits in the BHPSNJ Budget NJ Education Report published an Op-Ed from Sai Akiri alleging significant distortions in how the Budget is being presented to the Public. The article states the District is inflating the cost of Medical Benefits and that dollars budgeted for Medical Benefits are...
Why Do We Need A Superintendent Anyway?
Maybe it’s Time to Consider a Different Leadership Model for Schools “Ultimately, the authors conclude that when district academic achievement improves or deteriorates, the Superintendent is likely to be playing a part in an ensemble performance in which the Superintendent’s role could be filled successfully by many others. In the end, it is the system that promotes or hinders student...
What Teachers, Parents and Students Need to Prepare For
A BHCW Public Service Announcement During the last Night Watch episode, Shauna shared a comment a teacher made after the 03/30/2023 BOE Meeting: “Great…now they are going to pit teachers against Administrators.” The facts connected to the number of positions in the Superintendent’s and Business Administrators’ office discussed publicly, along with public demands at the last BOE Meeting that these...
The only Source of Misinformation in our Community is District Administration
The Superintendent Needs to stop Manufacturing False Crises She then Pretends to Resolve while Blaming the Community. Yesterday Shauna published an article that pointed to the very words the Superintendent said at the last budget meeting that reasonably led to many in our community believing cuts to AP classes were on the horizon. When you take those words and past...
Natasha’s Comments During the 03/13/2023 BOE Meeting on Building Thinking Classroom and the OPRA Custodian Position
In this merge of two clips from the 03/13/2023 Booard of Education meeting, Natasha Joly challenges Ms. Stanley’s continued invalidating spin on Building Thinking classroom. In addition to parents having to subsidize the District’s failure by paying for outside math tutors, Natasha discusses her concern in hearing feedback from parents that students are simply dropping out of math or taking...
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