BHCW 10/15/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter includes articles and community reactions to the news that School Administrators were spreading misinformation about parents with concerns about the High School’s Math issues behind closed doors to other parents with BOE Members present. You will also read updates on the election policy we’ve been discussing and information...
Dr. Tom Foregger has been selected as a Senior of Distinction by Congressman Tom Kean
Berkeley Heights BOE Representative Dr. Tom Foregger is a recipient of this year’s Senior of Distinction award. This award goes to Seniors who distinguish themselves through contributions they have made to the community- “hard-working passionate individuals who live a life of public service, whether that be through their professional, personal, philanthropic or volunteer efforts”. Congratulations, Dr. Foregger, and Thank You...
Berkeley Heights Superintendent and BOE Remain Silent on Nepotism and Busing
Questions that have been asked multiple times over the course of Months Remain Unanswered Below are two email chains from BOE Candidate Sai Akiri to the Berkeley Heights BOE on questions connected to the costs of the Superintendent’s Nepotism case and the Busing Controversy that represented hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue. The email chain on the Nepotism...
Candidate Remarks During Comment Portion of 09/14/2023 BOE Meeting
The clip below includes remarks from Natasha Joly and Sai Akiri during the comments portion of the 09/14/2023 BOE Meeting. Natasha discussed the following items: Initiatives connected to targets on proficiencies emailed to parents from the Superintendent Building Thinking Classroom Courtesy Busing Lack of Board Oversight on Budget Sai discussed the following items: Lack of comparisons on cohorts and strategies...
BHCW 10/08/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter contains responses from Town Council Candidates on matters connected to transparency, access, and inclusion while BOE Candidates tackled questions about the District’s busing controversy. We talk about the money that the Law Firm of Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs is raking in as the BOE Majority continues to...
Questions to The 2023 Berkeley Heights BOE Candidates – Question 2
The Second in a Series of Questions to the 2023 Berkeley Heights, NJ BOE Candidates The Courtesy Bussing issue appears to be yet another scandal under this administration and a costly one at that. Transportation has been extraordinarily problematic under this administration. What factors do you believe have fed into the multitude of issue connected to Busing in the last...
Berkeley Heights BOE Executive Session Minutes
01/2023 through 06/2023 Below is a link to Executive Session Minutes from 01/2023 through 06/29/2023. We may never know whether the contained redactions are appropriate. Although items related to negotiations once completed can be disclosed. We can reasonably guess that the negotiations listed in the minutes might be with the BHAA based on review of regular meeting agenda and minutes...
Another Great Month for Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri and Jacobs
09/14/2023 Berkeley Heights Public Schools Bill List Below is a link to the most recent Bill list approved by the BOE during the 09/2023 Meeting. Parents should ask how BOE Members can approve their own legal bills while denying a BOE member a defense on a largely defunct ethics case the BOE Majority was responsible for creating. This presents a...
Community Correspondence to the Board of Education – August 2023
There was no meeting in July, and no correspondence to the Board in July- much of what was provided to BHCW was written to the Board in June. The District habitually does not give responsive documents, so if you wrote to the Board of Education in July, please let us know. Also, the OPRA Custodian continues redacting his name and...
Questions To The Town Council Candidates – Question 4
The Fourth and Final in a Series of Questions to the 2023 Berkeley Heights, NJ Town Council Candidates (1) New OPRA reform legislation (still in the very early stages) is being proposed at the state level, prompting at least one city in NJ to pass an ordinance that seeks to protect resident’s rights under the current law. If elected to the...
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