Berkeley Heights BOE Passes Preliminary Budget With Sharp Questions Still Unanswered
Laura’s Notes on the 03/26/2026 BHPSNJ BOE Meeting The public Budget Presentation was the main subject during the 3/26/26 BOE...
Westfield’s School Budget Looks Deliberate, But Not Beyond Scrutiny
Westfield is next, and unlike some of the other districts, it actually gave the public a little more to work...
Chatham School Budget: High Spending, Mixed Priorities, Slipping Results
Moving onto Chatham or, if you want to get fancy, the “School District of the Chathams’. It rolled out an eye-popping...
New Providence School Budget Review: The Little Engine That Could
New Providence released their numbers a while back and – you guessed it- they didn’t take the option of releasing...
Madison Schools Top Line Budget Primer: A Top-Heavy Spending Profile and Academic Red Flags
Madison is next on the list with our top-level budget review, that District’s meeting occurred yesterday, and just like every...
March 26 Summit BOE Budget Preview: Lower Overall Spending, Decent Priorities
Summit is another District holding a budget meeting this week with a final number coming in at $90,511,845. This number is...
Previewing the March 26th BHPSNJ Agenda: Budget, Personnel, and Mental Health Contracts
The biggest item on this weeks BHPSNJ BOE Agenda is the budget- the case for most if not all Districts...
Summit School Budget: What the Top-Level Numbers Reveal (And What’s Still Missing)
SUMMIT -The Agenda for the Summit BOE Special Meeting on 03/18/2026 Meeting mainly consists of the ’26-27 school budget along...
Berkeley Heights BOE Discusses Referendum Next Steps, Budget, and PILOT Concerns
Laura’s Notes on the 03/12/2026 BOE Meeting BERKELEY HEIGHTS- The meeting featured a cohesive Board focused on important discussions while...
John’s Notes on the 03/12/2026 BHPSNJ BOE Agenda Policy Changes and ~$946K Drop in the BOE General Account
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – Let’s start with finance which shows a drop in the general account. and a revised ‘Treasurer of...