BHCW 07/31/2023 Newsletter
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What it Would Look Like if We Put Students First
Words are cheap; lawyers and high-level administrators … not so much. -Ekin Najarian Yesterday Ms. Stanley went on a social media parade on behalf of the BOE majority, pretending to recruit new BOE members. As per usual, Ms. Stanley did not use a disclaimer that the thoughts, opinions, and inherent attacks on residents sharing their own personal thoughts, were her...
What We Can Do to Reverse The Berkeley Heights Declines in Math, Science, and ELA Part 1: The Budget
The First in a Series of Articles on How Berkeley Heights Can Repair the Damage under Dr. Varley’s Leadership Since BHCW’s analysis of the Berkeley Heights School District’s declines in Math, Science, and English came out, I have had many conversations with different parents, teachers, and other school staff in the community on how to reverse them. In the second...
Another Resignation and More Key Positions Appear to Be Filled without Community Feedback
The District Bleed Continues and The Superintendent appears to be taking Full Advantage of her “Summer Powers” to hire key staff without Community Feedback or Board Approval On July 21, a job for Woodruff reading specialist was posted, we wish Mrs. Zackowski best of luck in her future endeavors. In other news, the position of Business Administrator and Payroll specialist...
‘Here is Where The Lying Begins In Earnest’
BHCW Video Presentation On The District’s Bizarre Attempt to Prevent Public Access To The White Wash of The BHPSNJ Declines Related Content: The Saga to Attain the Proficiency Analysis Report that “Doesn’t Exist” The Administration’s Response To Our District’s Declines Was Everything We Expected and Less! All of BHCW’s Video Presentations This Article Made Possible by OPRA…Learn How To Protect...
The Saga to Attain the Proficiency Analysis Report that “Doesn’t Exist”
The Administration’s Madness Continues There was a reasonable request from a BOE member at the May 11th BOE meeting for the Superintendent to do her job and present to the BOE possible reasons for the decline in rankings and proficiencies as well as a plan to address the declines. The timeline below details the saga that ensued. May 11th: At...
The BOE President is Not Answering Questions in Connection To Alleged Affirmative Action Investigation Involving the Superintendent
Over two weeks and still no response from the Board President on allegations involving an Affirmative Action Investigation In June, BHCW received verbal reports from various reliable sources within the District indicating that an Affirmative Action investigation involving the Superintendent was underway. All of these individuals denied being a party to the action connected to the investigation. On June 23,...
07/16/2023 Newsletter
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The Administration’s Response To Our District’s Declines Was Everything We Expected and Less!
The First of Two Articles on the District’s Presentation to the Curriculum Committee on the BHPSNJ Declines in Math, Science and ELA We finally received the presentation or work product from the curriculum committee that resulted from Ms. Penna attempting to protect Dr. Varley from having to answer questions the public had about our declining proficiencies. This was the document...
A Costly Gamble
The OPRA Custodian is missing the mark and it may end up costing the District more money. Many parents have received the following limited availability email from the designated OPRA custodian Mr. Hopkins: So the key question is, who is fulfilling the OPRA requests within the seven business day timeline in accordance with the Open public records act? Some parents...
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