What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 04/06/2024
Academic Declines Continue, Anti-Bribery Bill Moves Forward, The “Line” Injunction Holds, Legislation Targets Squatters, Harm Reduction Efforts Expand, OPRA Faces its Third Assault in Six Months The Kids Are Not Okay- The Academic Declines Continue NJ Education Report 48% of teachers say the academic performance of most students at their school is fair or poor; a third say it’s good...
State Legislators Are Going After the Open Public Records Act a THIRD Time in Six Months
On 3/28/2024, Assmb. Coughlin’s office responded to our concerns about the OPRA Bill with the following reply: Dear Mr. Migueis, Thank you for your email. As you may already know, bill A4045 which was scheduled to be considered by the Assembly Appropriations committee Thursday, 3/14, was not heard. The Speaker agrees that the bill can be improved and will take...
2022-23 N.J. School Performance Reports Released- Berkeley Heights is Back?
Berkeley Heights Public Schools has one of the largest increases in proficiency ratings among all districts listed, consistent with surrounding districts -Written by an Educator in the Community Each year, the New Jersey Department of Education releases its School Performance Report. According to its release on Patch.com, “school districts are scored from 0 to 100 based on factors like standardized...
BHCW 03/31/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. The primary focus of this week’s newsletter is more drama surrounding the Policy Committee Chair’s attempt to steamroll through a policy that essentially seeks to justify the controversial Courtesy Busing program that leaves some families paying for busing while others receive it for free. This week, we learned about closed-door meetings,...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 03/30/2024
Political Machines Fight to Keep the Line, Tax on Businesses to Close Transit Gap, OSC Goes After Hudson County, Questions on Murphy’s Budget, Get Ready for the Eclipse Political Machines and County Clerks Burn Tax Dollars in Fight to Hold onto Unfair Election Practices northjersey.com A day after a preliminary injunction from a federal judge put the fate of New...
Easier Way for BH to Reach Out to Representatives
We are happy to announce that Berkeley Heights Residents have an easier way to contact their Government Representatives. We are publishing our Town Council, BOE, and State Representative forms. These forms allow you to contact every member of each body at once and allows BHCW to create an inventory of issues residents are communicating to government representatives about. We created...
BHCW 03/24/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter analyzes the 03/18/2024 BOE meeting discussions surrounding the budget and transportation. Concerning the budget, residents will discover that the Administration (specifically the Business Administrator) responded in a manner that can be described as confusing and defensive to questions about more found money. Even more perplexing is the insistence...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 03/23/2024
Scutari Lies About OPRA Bill & Murphy Plays Dumb, NJ DOE Invests in Tutoring, NJ Students Behind in Math,Primer on “the Line,” Incarcerated Waiting on Approved Pay Increase & the Worm Moon Scutari Continues to Lie About OPRA Bill, and Murphy Does His Best to Pretend Not to Know northjersey.com We are all in on transparency,” he said. “I would...
Notes on the 03/19/2024 Town Council Meeting
Traffic Safety A recent accident involving a young resident of Berkeley Heights prompted testimony from several residents on traffic concerns on Park Avenue and in general. Since the accident, a petition has been circulating throughout the community advocating for the following: 1. reducing the speed limit to 30 mph for the length of Park Avenue 2. installing permanent automated speed...
BHCW Position on the Berkeley Heights BOE Selection of Robert Nixon as the Acting Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools
We are cautiously optimistic in the selection of Mr. Nixon as the Acting Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools. Our community is seeking stability and leadership from someone who knows our schools, has had the time to develop personal relationships with students and staff, and is looking to run the District well rather than making a name for themselves outside...
nj21st.com (with the exception of featured images and logo) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
