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...
How the Number of Berkeley Heights BOE Meetings Compare with Neighboring Districts
Berkeley Heights is in the middle of the pack with an average number of Board of Education meetings over three years. -Written By An Educator In the Community Earlier this week, Berkeley Heights Public Schools posted their Board of Education (BOE) agenda for the reorganization meeting on Thursday, January 4th. Including this reorganization meeting, there will be at least 15...
Dr. Varley Resigns
In an email this morning, Dr. Melssa Varley resigned as Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools. We will not use the phony and false tactic of positively spinning her tenure simply because she is leaving – this is a welcome announcement for the families and students of this community. We wish her the best in her future endeavors and hope...
BHCW 12/24/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter includes coverage of the Town Council’s passage of the Municipal Land Use Ordinance – probably one of the most significant actions by this Council, this year through a process many residents felt was rushed and poorly timed during a lame-duck session. We learned about the District’s disregard for...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 12/23/2023
OPRA and OPMA Protected….For Now, Deeper Dive into Efforts on Reforming Affordable Housing, Push Back on Legislation Removing Teacher Evaluations, Bill Holding Contractors Accountable Moves Forward, New Rules Requires Home Sellers to Disclose Flood History Open Government Advocates Appear to be Winning the First Battle on OPRA and OPMA From The Jersey Vindicator: New Jersey lawmakers appear to be stepping...
Bill Reforming Affordable Housing in NJ Introduced
Yesterday new Affordable Housing Legislation was introduced into the State Legislature. Supporters indicate that this legislation would replace COAH and establish a more organized pathway for municipalities to meet affordable housing obligations. Main Features of the legislation include: -Mediation panels aimed to reduce litigation between municipalities and developers. -Immunity for municipalities demonstrating a “good faith” effort in meeting their Affordable...
BHCW 12/17/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter starts with a snapshot of raw data on this year’s NJSLA, which became available this week. The results are not great – we are still below where we were before Dr. Varley took over as superintendent. It then moves to our coverage of the 12/14/2023 BOE meeting, where...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 12/16/2023
Murphy Tries To Cram Six on State BOE During Lame Duck, Residents Fight Back on Property Seizures, Walsh Takes on Union County Payouts, Annual Teacher Evaluations May Be Eliminated, NJ Domestic Workers and Job Seekers Have Some Help on the Way Governor Murphy Tries to Cram in Six on the State BOE From NJ Education Report: All current State Board...
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