BHCW 10/01/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… The BOE Majority voted to change election policies, with the final vote slated for October – one month before the election. This week, the reasons for these changes appeared clear to BOE Candidates who wrote to the Council requesting that an unconstitutional ordinance be revoked. The Majority also silenced a BOE...
Update to the 11th Hour Berkeley Heights BOE Majority Decision to Change Election Policies
More Question and Concerns on the BOE’s 11th Hour Changes to Election Policy Arise Soon after BOE Candidate Natasha Joly emailed the Town Council on her concerns connected to how the BOE Majority may potentially use the unlawful Campaign Sign Ordinance to overturn an election result given their most recent vote to move forward with changes to the District’s election...
Will the Berkeley Heights BOE Majority Exploit an Unlawful Ordinance to Block a Lawful Election Result?
Natasha Joly writes to the Town Council on Concerns Regarding Potential Election Interference on the part of the Berkeley Heights BOE Majority During the most recent BOE Meeting, the Board of Education voted to modify election policies just before this November Election. The final reading and vote is slated to occur in October. The public and BOE Candidates needed clarification...
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...
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