Shauna Explains Her Comments to the Board on the Budget
In an effort to make a point (on multiple areas), Shauna decided to use sign in her comments to the BOE during their first meeting on the budget on 03/13/2023. Related Content: QUICK HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIRST 2023 BUDGET MEETING THE PENNA MAGIC SHOW CONTINUES BERKELEY HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL BUDGET: ALL (MAYBE MOST OF) THE ARTICLES

Quick Highlights From The First 2023 Budget Meeting
What Berkeley Heights Residents Should Know About the Tentative Budget Presentation Let’s start with the positives: -Joy Young who is on the Finance Committee suggested an additional BOE Meeting to discuss the Budget. While not the same as a Public Finance Committee Meeting (which would be a more helpful compliment in my opinion) that’s a step in the right direction....

BHCW 03/12/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. Online Version of News Letter PDF Version of Newsletter: 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...

The Penna Magic Show Continues
Slight of Hand on Serious Issues Has A Real Consequence We are navigating a process that continues to fail and the public officials who aren’t keeping promises are driving the car. In the absence of accountability, we have seen the majority of the Board and Administration pivot into true politicians. Except, they are really bad in that role as well....

BHCW Night Watch Episode 8: Laura Takes Over
The crew gets together to talk about the District Budget (slated for Monday), Varley’s letter to the BOE asking them to hide things better and some Town enviro-shit Leo and Shauna care about. All Night Watch Episodes

Berkeley Heights Public School Budget: All (maybe most OF) The Articles
How many times will Robert Cianculli snicker or Angela Penna whine this year when serious BOE Members raise concerns? The BOE is poised to vote on the Tentative Budget this Monday and the public has yet to receive a copy of what the BOE will be looking at nor has there been any announcement of a public Finance Committee Meeting...

Misinformation is the name of the game, and Dr. Varley is an expert.
Email Received From OPRA Request Demonstrates the District is Determined to Hide Information from the Public We (at BHCW) received a gem of an OPRA, highlighting just how deep in the trenches Dr. Varley is and just how far she will go to protect herself and Ms. Kot. This email can be seen in its entirety below (sans the employee...

BHCW 03/05/2023 NEWSLETTER
What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ this week…. Online Version of Newsletter PDF Version of Newsletter: 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...

Deja-vu All Over Again
More information comes out about the OPRA Custodian Vote…And it is More of the Same -Natasha Joly It was about the same time last year that the decision to eliminate French was announced without any analysis to support the decision. Ultimately, the decision was reversed after parent and student pushback with supporting metrics and information. At the February 9th BOE...

How To Destroy A Change Agent | Part I
The Attempted Political Hit Job on Sai Akiri- Why It Matters and Why It May Back Fire — January Through April 2022– Many reading this will know how the story ends. They may not know that many violations alleged in the District’s tax payer-funded political hit job were dismissed, and what is left will likely be dismissed. They may not...