Two Years Of Shining A Light-2023
What we’ve accomplished this year… Today marks two years since we published our first article. When we launched, our goal was to inform the public about the lack of research behind and violations of laws surrounding the reconfiguration of our District and the disingenuous tactic of the Administration and Board Majority of conflating Kindergarten with throwing children and teachers out...
What About The Mountainside Kids?
Comparison of Mountainside, Berkeley Heights and what Happens At Governor Livingston…. I decided to look at Mountainside as their residents have a vested interest in a Superintendent’s report concerning Governor Livingston. Given the different k-8 configurations between Berkeley Heights and Mountainside, in the interest of time, I decided to average out the Berkeley Heights numbers except for Science and...
Five More Snapshots of the BHPSNJ Decline
Comparisons to the other Six Schools in Our Area Based on the Superintendent’s assertion that Covid is one of the primary factors driving our declines, I decided to look at other Districts. I compared movement on proficiency across the Districts that I have been running comparisons over the past month on Budget and Ratings/Rankings. These are top-level, district-wide comparisons. The...
The Story of The BHPSNJ Decline in 5 Photos
Follow up to the 05/11/2023 BOE Meeting and Request by Dr. Foregger and Ms. Khanna that the Superintendent Address the Public’s Concerns Since the BOE Meeting on 05/11/2023, I mailed the BOE Several times on the data that appears to be driving the decline in ratings and rankings. If you recall, I emailed Dr. Varley last year with concerns about...
BHCW Newsletter for 05/14/2023
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights this Week….. Online Version PDF Version There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles to...
BHCW Night Watch Episode 16
Declining Proficiencies, Ratings, Assistant Superintendent Stepping Down, OPRA & More….
Can the BOE Goals be Achieved?- Shauna’s Notes on the 05/11/2023 Meeting
The Goals Discussed During the 05/11/2023 Meeting Seem More Like Lip Service After watching the presentation given by NJSBA representative Patty Rees, and the ensuing discussion on BOE goals, it looks like this is going to be an uphill battle, in the best case, and has the potential to be an abysmal failure. Let’s recap. In Ms. Rees’ presentation, she...
Follow Up to Ratings and Rankings From the 05/11/2023 Meeting – John’s Notes Part II, The Revenge
Because I just can’t let this shit go…. While I addressed many of Dr. Varley’s narratives surrounding our rankings decline based on a data set that she then claimed not to be aware of, I think it’s essential for the public to be aware of the extent of the BOE’s ignorance in this area. If you recall last year, Dr....
05/11/2023 BOE Meeting-Johns Notes
BOE Majority Refuses to Have Dr. Varley Explain our Rankings and Ratings Slide Dr. Foregger motioned to have Dr. Varley explain the decline in ratings and rankings, and Ms. Khanna seconded the motion. This has been discussed and parsed out for weeks by this site leading up to this meeting. The rest of the Board either abstained or voted no,...
BHPSNJ Creating More Road blocks to Public Information?
More evidence that the OPRA Custodian Position is more of a barrier than a help… Update @ 5:47: Someone asked this question and now I cant see it…”what is a false binary?” A false binary is when a person defines the argument according to a limited reality – as if only two things are possible…he was responding to my initial...
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