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...
Get Out The Berkeley Heights BOE Vote- VOTE for BOTH
Understand And Act Locally If you are concerned about our schools’ direction, this year’s election is critical. Mail-in ballots are already out. There are two candidates for BOE (Natasha and Sai) AND two open seats. It is critically important that you vote for BOTH Candidates (if you support both). This election is not a LOCK. It is a low turn out year and the Ballot may cause some to believe...
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...
Letter From the Berkeley Heights Education Association To Dr. Varley and the BOE
Another Factor Impacting the BHPSNJ Teacher Retention Issues Under Dr. Varley While Schools across NJ are having issues keeping staff, BHPSNJ’s issue are a level above in yet another lottery no one wants to win. As BHCW has demonstrated in prior articles, we can make hard, straight lines on this issue to the many decisions made by this Superintendent and...
More Conflicts of Interest, More Hypocrisy and More Cash for Giacobbe
At the last BOE meeting during New Business, Dr. Foregger began to make a motion, saying, “I move to continue indemnification of Sai Akiri for her legal expenses…”, at which point both Angela Penna and BOE attorney Frances Febres erupt in a frenzy of effort to keep Dr. Foregger from continuing to speak. Frances tells him, “Dr. Foregger, you are...
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