Educator Responds to Debang, Moore and Terrero Ticket on BHPSNJ Proficiency
Test scores provide context alongside other districts -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Following up on a recent post on Berkeley Heights Community Watch from a Board of Education (BOE) candidate and a parent, the main source of school rankings originate from test scores such as the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA for students in Grades...
The BHPSNJ Proficiency Problem Timeline in Two Minutes
Given the tendency of politically funded and backed Berkeley BOE candidates and their operatives to misrepresent or simply not understand the issue of Academic proficiency when presenting to the public, NJ21st developed this short video to educate the families of Berkeley Heights, NJ. Dr, Foregger Questions Dr. Varley on Math Proficiency in 2023 Dipti Khanna on Building Thinking Classroom 2022...
Question to BOE & Town Council Candidates #4: Special Interests, Influence & Money
Our responses from BOE Members on Academic Achievement will be published in a couple of days NJ21st sent our next question to both BOE and Town Candidates today with responses due on 10/26/2024..: The Mayor’s husband is running for BOE, and Councilwoman Margaret Illis is managing the EIC (DeBang, Moore, Terrero) Ticket Facebook page; the Democrat club hosted a forum...
NJ21st 10/15/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter begins with our Annual review of proficiency-driven rankings of schools in the 7-District Dashboard and reactions from John and one Candidate to Dr. Moore’s (EIC Ticket) Candidate Statement. We move onto Laura’s deep dive on OPRA requests to the District and find that former BOE...
Question to BOE Candidates #3: Academic Achievement
NJ21st sent our third question to the BOE Candidates today with responses due on 10/18/2024: This year, with a new BOE Majority in place, the District has finally acknowledged an issue with Math proficiency, but more has to be done as Math is not our only issue. Despite small improvements, we are still below where we were in Math, Science,...
Comparing All Recent School Rankings on the 7 District Dashboard
Exploring how Berkeley Heights ranks sixth out of seventh in summary of school rankings…and how to improve them -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Earlier this week, Niche released its 2025 school rankings. Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) rankings took a nosedive while already being ranked under neighboring, comparable districts such as New Providence, Chatham, and Madison...
Question to Town Council Candidates: Question #2 No Bid Contracts for Lobbyists and Public Relations Firms
NJ21st sent our second question to the Berkeley Heights Town Candidates on 10/02/2024 with Responses Due on 10/12/2024: Despite your refusal to answer our last question on OPRA reform (surprising as one candidate was very vocal about how we “mischaracterized” her position) we’re not giving up on you yet – we believe in you! Responses are due 10/12/2024 Noon. One...
NJ21st 10/07/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. Three BOE Candidates (Dr. Foregger, Mr. Behne, and Mr. Samson) responded to our questions on Budget, while Ms. DeBang, Dr. Moore, Ms. Terrero, and Mr. Devanney did not respond. We discuss a further slide in rankings (Niche) due to the sliding proficiencies under the prior Superintendent and former...
Niche releases 2025 School Rankings
Berkeley Heights Public Schools declines, moves behind neighboring districts in rankings. -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Niche has released its “2025 Best School Districts in New Jersey” rankings. A total of 388 school districts were ranked. The full list for New Jersey can be found here. During Dr. Melissa Varley’s last year as Superintendent, the rankings...
Zoning Board Approves Westminster Project
Residents expressed concerns about the Westminster project during last week’s Zoning Board Meeting, and the Township’s push-back on the project ranged from being anemic to nonexistent. The Zoning Board was threatened with a lawsuit, and the Township had previously allocated $10,000 for a defense; however, the Board approved the project. Deegan did not vote, West abstained, and Pereda voted “No”....
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