Potential Superintendent Candidates for Berkeley Heights Public Schools
Berkeley Heights Board of Education should look at familiar names nearby in searching for their next full-time Superintendent -Written by an Educator in The Community On December 26, 2023, Dr. Melissa Varley resigned as Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) effective June 30, 2024, if not sooner. Having said this, a search for a new Superintendent of Berkeley Heights...
BHCW NightWatch Episode 24: Attorney Walter M. Luers Accepts BHCW Open Government Award, Discusses OPRA and OPMA
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BHCW 01/07/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter walks residents – step by step- through how the BHPSNJ Administration and Penna Bloc conspired to create one of the most chaotic reorganization meetings this District has ever experienced. From policies put in place last year during the lame-duck session to an incomplete and potentially illegal meeting agenda...
The Whole Story Behind Agenda Items A and I: Payroll and Ethics
Notes from Laura on the voting at the re-org meeting No Board members voted against agenda item I in an attempt to stop payroll from issuing paychecks on 1/15/24. When the motion to vote was made for resolution I, Board members had an issue with how Agenda Item I was worded. They did NOT have an issue with paying BHPS...
Ms. Penna and Ms. Stanley: Here’s a Compromise
Email John sent to the Board Earlier Today on the President Deadlock: I would be ok with Angela Penna being president if the following occurred: -Committee Memberships need to be approved by a majority vote of the BOE -Committees are taped and provided to the public -The 48 hour rule is removed -The the power of the President is diminished...
Tense moment during the Berkeley Heights Township Re-Org Meeting On Reappointment of Municipal Judge
Mr. Donnelly and Mayor Devanney discuss the reappointment of Judge DeMassi; Mr. Donnelly abstains from the vote after guidance from counsel. Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel
BHCW’s Top Ten Articles of 2023
….and if you’re interested- 2022 & 2021 2023 was an incredible year for BHCW. Remember that we are a hyperlocal government information source for a small community, yet our print content has attracted over 174,000 views and over 70,000 readers this year. We’ve developed partnerships outside of Berkeley Heights and have heard from residents in other communities in NJ about...
BHCW 12/31/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter includes an update on the battle to save OPRA and OPMA. We share an email to legislators thanking them for pausing on reform with suggestions on improving both laws and how these improvements would benefit our School District. An educator in our community provided an analysis involving the...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week -12/30/2023
NJ Legislators Poised to Get a Pay Raise, Minimum Wage Increase, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Advances, Breweries Face Restrictions… Legislators To Vote on Salary Increases From northjersey.com Yet there are defensible arguments for pay hikes. It’s been 24 years since New Jersey legislators have had their pay increased. And there are career government officials who argue that boosting pay...
Berkeley Heights BOE Document Drop – September 2023
Committee Meeting Minutes, Executive Session Minutes and Board Correspondence for September 2023 Here are the Committee Meeting minutes for September 2023 that we asked for on October 13, 2023. The time frame for OPRA is seven business days. It took two months for BHCW to receive these documents. Of note were the RFP’s approved by the Finance Committee that we...
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