Berkeley Heights Final School Budget Rises Slightly as Health Benefits Drive Last-Minute Changes
Berkeley Heights’ final adopted ’26-’27 is a little higher than the preliminary we reviewed and has some narrow changes that...
Laura’s Notes on Tonight’s BHPSNJ BOE Meeting Agenda
Based on the attachments, there will be a presentation for the NJSBA STEAM Tank Challenge that highlights Ms Wilczynski’s 5th...
Laura’s Notes on the 04/30/26 BHPSNJ Meeting – The Debate Over Admin Spending
Potatoes and Policies ruled the night at the 4/30/26 BOE meeting. Coming off a first-ever trip to the national competition,...
Berkeley Heights BOE Budget Update: Debt Relief Offsets Rising Health Costs, Final Budget Down 2.85%
We received an update from BHPSNJ Business Administrator Jennifer Nicholson prior to tonight’s BOE meeting. The body of her email...
Budget Truths and Personnel Cuts – Laura’s Notes on the 04/30/2026 BOE Meeting
The Big News of the 4/30/26 BOE meeting should be the final adoption of the budget. But with two positions...
Laura’s Notes on the 04/16/2026 BHPSNJ Meeting
The Executive session of the BOE, which was supposed to last 1 hour ended up being closer to 2.5 hours....
Laura’s Notes on the 04/16/2026 BHPSNJ Agenda
The BIG NEWS on the BOE agenda for 4/16/26 is the resignation of Paul Kobliska, effective June 30, 2026. This...
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...