Candidate Comments on Agenda Items during the 09/14/2023 BOE Meeting
The following is a clip of BOE Candidates Natasha Joly and Sai Akiri sharing their feedback to the BOE on the following Agenda Items: -Policies pertaining to Elections -Threat Assessment Teams -Appointment of GL Vice-Principal -Low QSAC Scores on Instruction, Programming, Fiscal Management -Follow up on Zoom Participation during BOE Meetings Ms. Akiri and Ms. Joly are running for two...
NJ Education Report Publishes Another BHCW Contribution
It has been over two years since a family member in Berkeley Heights submitted an ethics complaint alleging the Superintendent of Berkeley Heights, Dr. Melissa Varley, violated ethical standards by hiring her family member. Since then, residents discovered contradictions in her public statements and affidavit that appear to admit she violated the nepotism standard. Subsequently, the NJ Attorney General’s Office referred the...
BHCW 09/24/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This weekly newsletter can be a meaningful example – a tale of two governing bodies. You already have a clear picture of how our BOE behaves, so I won’t rehash all that here. Our Mayor and members of the Town Council responded to and spoke openly about complex issues to members...
Candidate Comments During the 09/05/2023 and 09/19/2023 Town Council Meetings: Margaret Illis (D)
Comments on the Affordable Housing News and Littell-Lord Bids In this clip, 2023 Town Council Candidate Margaret Illis (D) speaks on the Littell-Lord Renovation (agenda item on rejected bids) and on the announcement that the town still has to allow for 30 more Affordable Housing units (a total of 115 additional apartments). We are going to start with the 09/19/2023...
The Berkeley Heights Public School Busing Controversy Is Not Going Away
-Jessica Lesperance I’m sharing another email that I sent to the entire BOE, Dr. Varley and Ms. Sheehan on August 23rd regarding busing. Not surprisingly, I did not receive a response. At the board meeting this week a few people asked about courtesy busing and inquired as to what the plan was, and the response was that they are trying...
BHCW 09/17/2023 Newsletter
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Natasha’s Notes on the 09/14/2023 BOE Meeting
2023 BOE Candidate Natasha Joly Shares her Notes on the 09/14/2023 BOE Meeting GLHS Student Gia Ghosh presented a beautifully written essay on her experience growing up as an Indian student in Berkeley Heights. She spoke eloquently about how the community has evolved positively. NJSLA presentation – the audience could not follow along as all of the visuals were blurry, so it was...
BHCW YouTube Channel Top Ten Videos …..So Far
While our YouTube Channel is less popular than our written content, we still get a decent pull on that medium for an outlet covering a town of 13k. Here are the top ten uploads (based on views) to our YouTube Channel to date. #10: BHCW Night Watch Episode 12: Republican Town Council Candidate Edmund Tom Maciejewski 2023 Republican Town Council...
BHCW 09/10/2023 Newsletter
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Community Correspondence to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education – May and June 2023
Why is the District taking the time and expense of redacting Dr. Varley’s name and links to public information about our schools? It’s like the District is expending dollars to bring on yet another lawsuit – as if that’s what they want. By simply stopping these redactions and placing items like Committee Meeting Minutes and Attachments, Executive Committee Minutes and...
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