Matthew Behne’s Response to BOE Candidate Question 3: Academic Achievement
Mr. Behne’s Response to the Third in a Series of Questions to the 2024 BOE Candidates Personally, I was never a fan of mathematics in my earlier years. Can I get a witness? However, as time passed, I came to realize that the value of math extends beyond fields requiring constant calculations. It’s sharpens the mind and optimizes cognitive efficiency,...
Question to BOE & Town Council Candidates #4: Special Interests, Influence & Money
Our responses from BOE Members on Academic Achievement will be published in a couple of days NJ21st sent our next question to both BOE and Town Candidates today with responses due on 10/26/2024..: The Mayor’s husband is running for BOE, and Councilwoman Margaret Illis is managing the EIC (DeBang, Moore, Terrero) Ticket Facebook page; the Democrat club hosted a forum...
The EIC Ticket Is Harming the Important Discussion We Need to Have on Academic Achievement in Berkeley Heights
Arik Samson – 2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Candidate I plan on responding to the question NJ21st provided to me in detail; however, a recent candidate statement from the EIC ticket compelled me to respond to what I felt was a spin on our District’s academic health reminiscent of Dr. Varley. The first point parents should understand is that the article...
Question to BOE Candidates #3: Academic Achievement
NJ21st sent our third question to the BOE Candidates today with responses due on 10/18/2024: This year, with a new BOE Majority in place, the District has finally acknowledged an issue with Math proficiency, but more has to be done as Math is not our only issue. Despite small improvements, we are still below where we were in Math, Science,...
Dr. Foregger’s Response to BOE Candidate Question 2: Budget Priorities
Dr. Foregger’s Response to the Second in Our Series of Questions to the 2024 BOE Candidates Our school budget keeps increasing and our per-pupil costs are relatively high compared to neighboring towns. Yet our proficiencies, while improving, are still subpar, and our rankings continue to fall. We need to understand what components of our budget are high so we can...
Matthew Behne’s Response to BOE Candidate Question 2: Budget Priorities
Mr. Behne’s Response to the Second in a Series of Questions to the 2024 BOE Candidates Thank you very much for the questions. Touching on the beginning statement; I wonder if a 4-4 split is a majority. From what I understand, the board had tremendous problems overcoming the old majority’s resistance by demanding a certain individual sit as board president before she...
Arik Samson’s Response to BOE Candidate Question 2: Budget Priorities
Mr. Samson’s Response to the Second in a Series of Questions to the 2024 BOE Candidates It goes without saying that opening the budget process to the public is a big step forward. I am a strong proponent of transparency in government. I don’t think investing in the safety of our children while on school property is profligate spending, but...
The Bills, The Bills!!!
Another Domino in a Line of Disinformation to Bring the District Under the Control of Political Parties and Special Interests Ms. Stanley heads the policy committee. Ms. Bradford is Board President. One of the bills that they would like the Board to approve involves an outstanding invoice from the Transportation consultants for work the Board did not approve of. Dr. Foregger...
Question to BOE Candidates #2: Budget Priorities
NJ21st sent our second question to the BOE Candidates today with responses due on 10/04/2024: The Board, with a new majority, took significant steps this year in opening up the budget process to the community. Tentative budgets were made available without the need to use OPRA, and additional public meetings connected to the Budget process were made available before the Board’s...
Arik Samson’s Response to BOE Candidate Question 1: Transparency
Mr. Samson’s Response to the First of Our Questions to the 2024 BOE Candidates My record on OPRA is clear. I went to Trenton to voice my opposition to the new bills that crippled OPRA. I would, to the extent possible, work with the board to reverse those harmful provisions on a local level, for our District. Attached here is...
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