Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K….or Wawa
There is currently a community wide discussion on plans involving a Wawa on Springfield. BHCW emailed the Mayor and Town Administrator with questions (attached). We will post the response once we get more information. Email to Mayor and Town Admin:
Unpopular Opinion on School Safety
I sent the following email to the BOE this morning and wanted to share it here as well. Good Afternoon, Schools are safe- the community-wide and national conversation on school safety is not based on any evidence. Lockdown drills do not have any evidence of doing anything but traumatize children. Adding police in schools doesn’t do anything to prevent school shootings; the...
Tom Foregger Saves The Day Again
One of our concerns has been remedied for now as Tom guides the Board away from violating its own policies. Comments from residents on this clip of the District hiring yet ANOTHER person to help our Business Administrator do her job: “Not only is it a violation of policy, the district has not done it’s due diligence in investigating whether...
Parents Aren’t creating THE “Decorum Issues” at BOE Meetings…
In this six-minute clip, parents and residents can notice: (1) Ms. Penna consistently interrupting and talking over parents while taking up their 3-minute space while advocating for decorum. While she refuses to answer questions because “BOE Meetings are not a back and forth” she has no problem interrupting parents and taking up their time to speak. (2) The Attorney attempting...
Berkeley Heights Administrators Remain a Wall of Silence
Parent’s continue to face an Administration that is short on answers concerning the Districts Difficulties with Math In this clip from the 01/05/2023 meeting, a parent faces yet another wall of silence after expressing a coherent fact-based commentary connected to the District’s continued difficulties with teaching math. Dr. Varley, responsible for this disaster, did not offer a single explanation, rebuttal,...
The Vote Surrounding Competent Town Administrator Remains Shrouded in Mystery…but not really
I will start this article by thanking Mr. Varnerin for responding to an email I sent to the Town Council last week concerning the decision not to reappoint Liza as Town Administrator. After almost two years of BOE members openly admitting they don’t read parent emails or having the personal experience of hearing BOE members accusing parents of bad actions...
The First BOE Meeting Offered Parents Little Hope For Change
Angela Penna and her bloc will continue the practice of the former BOE President in allowing the Attorney to act as an unelected BOE member. There were several instances during the meeting where she and the Attorney rudely interrupted Berkeley Heights parents. The purpose of this is to likely occupy time so that the parent has less opportunity to speak...
KINGSLEY AND VARNERIN ENGAGE IN CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE AS RESPONSE TO BACKLASH
The shock waves from the RMC vote to oust Township Admin Liza reverberate through our township. Statements made by Varnerin and Kingsley with disingenuous apologies embedded into failed attempts to reassign the blame have failed miserably. Instead of apologizing, they pull out all the stops to pretend this wasn’t their fault. The vote was political retaliation for a host of...
Competent Town Admin fired because the Kingsley Tribe is mad about losing another mayoral election
UPDATE: a petition has been created by residents encouraging the Town Council to reverse their decision and hire Liza back. As the number of parents who are questioning the competence of the Superintendent and District’s Business Manager grows exponentially (to the point now where the Board Attorney and BOE President appear to be infringing on resident’s rights to speak through...
Berkeley Heights Public Schools BTC Parent Survey Final Results
The BTC Math Survey has reached 107 responses. Here are the FINAL results. 107 responses for 135 Children 82 Parents (77%) Agreed or Completely Agreed with the Statement:“My child has expressed feeling more confused in math classes. 82 Parents (77%) Disagreed or Completely Disagreed with the Statement:“My child has maintained or improved their math grade without having to complete extra assignments since...
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