John’s Notes on the 10/12/2023 BOE Meeting – “Misinformation” Edition
There’s a lot here to unpack and I am not going to get to it all in one article. The first thing that struck me was Ms. Bradford’s comments about District Administrators talking about parents spreading misinformation about Building Thinking Classroom and Dr. Giordano’s response to my comments that parents made it seem that BTC was being applied to the...
Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for August 2023
Below are the Board Committee Meeting Minutes BHCW received for August through an OPRA request. Committee meetings are different than closed sessions – what is discussed during these meetings can very well be addressed by the Board in public meetings. The argument against doing so by one BOE member has been that it would prevent the BOE from accomplishing as...
Get Out The Berkeley Heights BOE Vote- VOTE for BOTH
Understand And Act Locally If you are concerned about our schools’ direction, this year’s election is critical. Mail-in ballots are already out. There are two candidates for BOE (Natasha and Sai) AND two open seats. It is critically important that you vote for BOTH Candidates (if you support both). This election is not a LOCK. It is a low turn out year and the Ballot may cause some to believe...
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Council Members Respond to Feedback on the Berkeley Heights Affordable Housing Concern
Council Members Poage, Varenerin and Kingsley respond to feedback on remaining Affordable Housing obligation discussed during the 09/19/2023 Town Council Meeting. I sent an email last night requesting that expressing my displeasure at the Council’s response to suggestions made at the meeting to consider other alternatives to Developers in resolving the remaining Affordable Housing Obligation. Below are the responses I...
Mayor Devanney’s Response to Resident Concerns on Proposed OPRA Reform
In this clip, Mayor Devanney responds to my concerns regarding OPRA reform. The Mayor’s response does not address the specific concerns of the letter connected to legislation proposed by Assemblyman Danielsen that would, in fact, impact residents and journalists. I also believe it overstated the cost and work involved in automatically making documents public – especially when you consider the...
The Unredacted Detailed Budget That Some of Our BOE Members Have Not Seen
2023-2024 Unredacted Detailed Adopted Budget- Berkeley Heights Public Schools According to confirmed sources within the District neither the previous Business Administrator, Finance Chair Joy Young or Board President Angela Penna circulated the unredacted detailed adopted budget for school year 2023-2024 to the full BOE. In other words, this would be the first time some BOE members have access to this...
Mayor Devanney Clarifies CMS Field Discussion Between Rec Department and BOE
We will be posting about the BOE Agenda later today but I wanted to share this update. I received clarification from Mayor Devanney regarding the CMS/BOE Field discussions in response to an email I sent the Town Council and BOE surrounding the process on this issue. 2023 Candidates for both bodies were cc’d on the email. This article will be...
Labor Day Tunes
One of the most painful posts I have ever had to put together I tried to get everyone on the team to participate, but Shauna is one of a handful of people with a wrong opinion of Bruce Springsteen, so the whole thing turned into an argument with her. Eventually she gave in and gave me her list but could...
One Step Closer to Oceania
Security Theatre Took Another Aggressive Leap Forward in Berkeley Heights Public Schools This Year If you have yet to catch up on this issue, the District voted to extend its contract with the Police Department for another five years in a rushed Special Meeting during the Summer. Special meetings are meant to be held for urgent matters or emergencies – the shared...
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