THE DISTRICT PUBLISHES OPRA REQUESTS ON WEBSITE
After shutting down comments on social media, stopping the practice of reading parent emails, changing the budget review process to a shorter time frame (and not providing the full budget for public review), attempting to silence BOE members on social media and trying to set a precedent that BOE Members providing an opinion on meeting minutes is unethical, the District...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS 2022 BOE ELECTION- CANDIDATE RESPONSES TO QUESTION 3
Since our last publication on responses to questions from BOE Candidates, several Candidates have dropped out of the race. Responses to our questions have gotten a good amount of traction and positive feedback from members of the community. Of the current field, we received responses from Natasha Joly, Dipti Khanna, Gale Bradford, Neil Herman, Sai Akiri and Doug Grober to our...
HEY BABY….WE GOT YOUR SEXualistic SEDUCATION CURRICULUM …WANT TO COME OVER?
Based on a parent’s request, we submitted an OPRA request for updated Phys-Ed Materials. Here is what we got back. 2020 State Standards by Gradeband (excel) Comprehensive Health And Physical Education K-5 (pdf) Comprehensive Health And Physical Education 6-8 (pdf) Comprehensive Health And Physical Education 9-12 (pdf):
DR. VARLEY, HIGH PRICED ATTORNEYS AND THE ANGRY SIX vs. SAI AKIRI
Merely weeks after being elected, Ms. Akiri attempted to fulfill one of her primary campaign promises on accountability and transparency by encouraging the BOE to follow their policies on interviewing an attorney-something the District has failed to do in almost two decades. Many residents were disgusted by the actions of the current firm for the following reasons: 1) Their defense...
John’s Ten Things
We are going to try to make Sundays a bit lighter moving forward. Facts are essential, but we felt we needed to lighten things up. Over the next few weeks, contributors will write and share their favorite ten things about Berkeley Heights and the surrounding area. Here are my ten things (in no particular order): The Picadinho from Charkoal –...
PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT BOE CANDIDATE ELECTIONEERING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
A parent emailed the BOE requesting clarification on District Policy concerning electioneering on school grounds and forwarded the email to BHCW for publishing. The email concerns Ms. Angela Penna and asks 4 questions about the BOE Vice President (who is running for re-election): “1. What was Angela Penna, who is running for re-election, doing inside and outside of William Woodruff...
HIDING BEHIND SMILING STUDENTS AND POSITIVE NEWS WON’T SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS
Since the District shut down comments on most of their social media platforms, one will notice that there has been a steady stream of pictures with smiling children and positive news. Nothing about the multiple ethics complaints. Agendas and attachments for BOE meetings remain voluminous (taking a page from our Business Administrator), and families are restricted to three-minute one-directional statements...
Berkeley Heights BOE Candidate Natasha Joly Questions the Berkeley Heights BOE on Zoom Meetings
Last week Laura Kap published a timeline of facts that contradicted Mr. D’Aquila’s incredible claim that the equipment purchased by the District and the move to Governor Livingston were never intended to facilitate the ability of the public to speak at BOE meetings through zoom. Mr. D’Aquila’s claim was in response to Ms. Akiri’s question surrounding hybrid meetings in a...
DR. VARLEY’S LEGAL TEAM TRIES TO PREVENT RESIDENT FROM ATTENDING HEARING ON NEPOTISM ALLEGATION
BHCW received an email from a resident who filed an ethics complaint against Dr. Varley that alleges the Superintendent and Attorneys from the District are attempting to prevent the resident from attending a hearing in connection to a probable cause finding from the SEC that the Berkeley Heights Superintendent violated the District’s nepotism policy. From the email, the following appears...
OPRA, ATTORNEYs and AWARDS CEREMONIES
The District is playing a very costly and cynical game regarding requests made under the Open Public Records Act. OPRA is a law that allows everyday people to get information from public entities. It is a tool that holds tax funded public entities accountable to the people who pay their bills and use their services. Let’s start this post with...
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