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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The Tyranny of the Minority, Part 2
– Steve Greguske In Part 1 we learned that our school has embraced the New Jersey Department of Education’s transgender guidance. To summarize, in Part 1 we learned that the Department has deliberately inserted school districts between the parents and their children if a child voices a gender concern. Per the Department, any statement made by the child is to...
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...
The Unredacted Detailed Budget That Some of Our BOE Members Have Not Seen
2023-2024 Unredacted Detailed Adopted Budget- Berkeley Heights Public Schools According to confirmed sources within the District neither the previous Business Administrator, Finance Chair Joy Young or Board President Angela Penna circulated the unredacted detailed adopted budget for school year 2023-2024 to the full BOE. In other words, this would be the first time some BOE members have access to this...
Laura’s Notes on the 09/14/2023 BOE Agenda
Yes….they are now screwing with the Elections (9/14/23) REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT Among other items, we will receive a DISTRICT DATA UPDATE. Not sure what data we are getting, but it should be oodles of fun! ADMINISTRATION Resolution A. District Bylaws/Policies/Regulations – Study and First Reading P 0143 Board Member Election and Appointment. Remember when Robert Cianciulli made a mountain...
Mayor Devanney Clarifies CMS Field Discussion Between Rec Department and BOE
We will be posting about the BOE Agenda later today but I wanted to share this update. I received clarification from Mayor Devanney regarding the CMS/BOE Field discussions in response to an email I sent the Town Council and BOE surrounding the process on this issue. 2023 Candidates for both bodies were cc’d on the email. This article will be...
Community Correspondence to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education – May and June 2023
Why is the District taking the time and expense of redacting Dr. Varley’s name and links to public information about our schools? It’s like the District is expending dollars to bring on yet another lawsuit – as if that’s what they want. By simply stopping these redactions and placing items like Committee Meeting Minutes and Attachments, Executive Committee Minutes and...
A Quick Dive into the Latest High School Rankings
Governor Livingston High School Falls First in Dollars Spent, Last in Rankings -Written by an Educator in the Community Earlier this week, U.S. News and World Reports released their “Best New Jersey High School rankings” for 2023. The ranking methodology includes college readiness (30%), state assessment proficiency (20%), state assessment performance (20%), underserved student performance (10%), college curriculum breadth (10%),...
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