2025 7-District Budget Dashboard in Pictures Part Six: Athletics, Co-Curricular, Textbooks and Educational Media Services
Athletics, Co-Curricular, Textbooks and Educational Media Services Per Pupil Cost Break Down for Berkeley Heights, Chatham, New Providence, Summit, Millburn, Madison, and Westfield Part Six of our effort to break down the 7-District Budget Dashboard in supporting residents of Berkeley Heights, Chatham, New Providence, Summit, Millburn, Madison, and Westfield provide more informed feedback to their Boards of Education during...
2025 7-District Budget Dashboard in Pictures Part Five: Facilities, Grounds and Custodial Services
Facilities, Grounds and Custodial Services Per Pupil Cost Break Down for Berkeley Heights, Chatham, New Providence, Summit, Millburn, Madison, and Westfield Part Five of our effort to break down the 7-District Budget Dashboard in supporting residents of Berkeley Heights, Chatham, New Providence, Summit, Millburn, Madison, and Westfield provide more informed feedback to their Boards of Education during the upcoming...
2025 7-District Budget Dashboard in Pictures Part Four: Transportation and a Note on Special Needs
Transportation Per Pupil Cost Break Down for Berkeley Heights, Chatham, New Providence, Summit, Millburn, Madison, and Westfield Part Four of our effort to break down the 7-District Budget Dashboard in supporting residents of Berkeley Heights, Chatham, New Providence, Summit, Millburn, Madison, and Westfield provide more informed feedback to their Boards of Education during the upcoming budget process. Transportation In...
2025 7-District Dashboard: Budget Comparisons Across 7 Districts
Berkeley Heights has finally submitted its 2024 audit to the state, enabling us to finalize this year’s 7-District Budget Dashboard. This tool empowers residents of Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Madison, Summit, Chatham, Westfield, and Millburn with key insights to engage more effectively in the upcoming Board of Education budget discussions. It can also help residents of other communities put their...
Don’t Fill Out the BHPSNJ Budget Survey Just Yet
The timing of the BHPSNJ Budget Survey raises concerns. It was released in the middle of a holiday break and before the Audit report was made available. The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), a critical document produced from the District’s audit, is submitted to the State and made public. Unlike last year’s budget document, which serves as a plan, the...
Questions on the 2024-25 BHPSNJ Budget & Quick Note on “Special Interests” & “Echo Chambers” (lol)
Email Sent to Finance Chair Dipti Khanna and Mr. Nixon: “I took a look at the budget (spreadsheet) and have the following questions: $56k increase on security (from 204k to 261k)- what security events have caused us to increase our spending in this area to a quarter of a million? Again this is a lot of money for a District...
Laura’s Notes on the 05/07/2024 BOE Meeting Part 2: Budget, Staff and Contracts
What should have been a focused Budget adoption meeting of the Board of Education turned into another marathon, with tensions boiling over. We have published content on the transportation and bussing issue ad nauseam, so this meeting recap will not address any of those concerns or discussions. The budget was passed with all members voting in support of the 2024-25 proposal. Dipti Khanna,...
BHPSNJ 2024-2025 Tentative Budget
As a result of an OPRA request, BHCW received the complete 2024-2025 tentative budget. The fact that we got it prior to the meeting is an improvement from last year. The tentative budget represents an overall increase of ~$900,000 from the prior year which would represent a 2% tax increase. It appears that textbooks are getting a 25k boost this...
Special BOE MEETING TOMORROW – 4/24/24 Budget Presentation
Please be aware, per the district website, under “events” there is a Special Board Meeting on the schedule for tomorrow, April 24 at 7:30 pm (public session). The main purpose is the Budget presentation and public discussion. Here is the Meeting Agenda BHCW was made aware of this meeting from inside sources then verified this information on the district website....
BHPSNJ 2024 Budget Prep Part 2: ACFR 7-District Dashboard
In order to further inform the public in preparation for the 2024 Berkeley Heights Public School District Budget Discussions, we created a spread sheet comparing all seven districts on the dashboard on areas within the ACFR. The ACFR is a document that Districts submit to the state with information on enrollment, revenue and spending in various areas and other information....
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