What We Can Do To Reverse The Berkeley Heights Declines In Math, Science, And ELA Part 2: Evidence-Based Decision Making
The Second 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...
Addressing the BOE Majority Narrative on the Busing Issue
The BOE Majority narrative is that the reasons behind the secretive process on who gets free busing, who has to pay and who gets nothing connect to safety. Here are the facts: (1) During the reconfiguration, the District went on and on about how there were no hazardous roads in town – even as parents wondered out loud as to...
John’s Notes on the 08/10/2023 BOE Meeting Part III
On the NJGPA Portion of the 08/10/2023 BOE Meeting At the last BOE meeting, residents might have gotten a different impression of the District’s proficiencies than reality. That may be because the District was required to present on the NJGPA, which only tracks rising seniors. BHCW has been reporting on data on all grades in all schools within the District. The reason I bring this...
At This Point We Need to Ask Difficult Questions About the Busing Game
Something feels really wrong about the Busing Issue and We Should ALL Demand Answers Before I get into this I want to be super clear that my family does not use Courtesy or Subscription Busing and that if we did I would feel just as strongly – because at this point this whole thing stinks. I also had most of this...
After 17 Years of Service -Technology Coordinator Resigns from BHPSNJ
Another Loss for the District Another note for tonight’s agenda- Mike Skara – Technology Coordinator – has resigned after 17 years with the District. It is yet another departure in what can reasonably be considered a bleed in a District that appears to be in chaos. This resignation occurs amid accusations of a hostile work environment by a former long-time...
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...
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