Author: NJ 21st Team

Legal Spending and Searchable Attachments for 02/26/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting

The Current Board Set to Vote On Huge Legal Tab from Prior Board Our community continues to pay for the consequences of the prior Board’s decisions. This month’s legal bills total $28,320, of which the “legal firm” (lol) of Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs will receive $23,727. We have spent about $2,000 more compared to Feb and Jan of 2023,...
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Berkeley Heights Resident Takes on State DOE to Unpeel BHPSNJ Busing Controversy….and Wins

Another Win for Transparency In Court Cases Demanding information about BHPSNJ Practices In a massive win for transparency, Attorney Walter Luers represented a Berkeley Heights resident in an OPRA case connected to a request for information surrounding Berkeley Heights Public School Transportation services. School busing has been controversial in Berkeley Heights as residents discovered some parents were required to pay...
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BHCW 02/18/2024 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with tackling three significant issues facing the Berkeley Heights School District in the coming months: The Audit/Budget Process, Superintendent Search, and the ongoing Courtesy Busing Controversy. Readers will discover that misdirection, strange numbers, and secrecy continue dominating all three areas, along with the meeting agendas to which...
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BOE Document Drop for December 2023: More Questions on Transportation

Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for December 2023 and Team Notes Questions and Comments on Finance and Facilities & Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes from the Team: Finance and Facilities: Why wasn’t the transportation report in the agenda on Jan 18th and why if it was to be ready for Jan 18th, is the public not able to see it?...
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Berkeley Heights BOEBOE MinutesSchool Transportation

Obstruction By Design: Three Policies the Old Berkeley Heights BOE Changed to Create Chaos For the New BOE

Written by a Berkeley Heights Community Member and BHPSNJ Parent Volunteer If you paid close attention to policy changes and revisions in the last 6th months, you may have wondered why so much was being done regarding policy changes in a short period. Speculation aside, two uncontested community members ran for two open Board seats. This shift in Board members...
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Berkeley Heights BOE

BHCW 02/11/2024 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter features an interview with Mayor Angie Devanny that includes frank discussions with BHCW on the CMS Field, All-Inclusive Play Ground, and the recently passed Land Use Ordinance, among other items. We were proud to create and publish the first-ever 7-District Dashboard ACFR Budget spreadsheet that provides the public...
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