Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Notes for May 2024
In 2024, the Berkeley Heights Board of Education voted to make all BOE Committee Meeting Minutes Publicly Available on the District Website. Here are quick notes on the 05/2024 Committee Meeting Minutes with links to the full documents. Finance and Facilities 05/29/2024 Highlights Surveys on Menu Items for Elementary School Students discussed Despite the decision not to increase Activity Fees,...
BOE Document Drop for December 2023: More Questions on Transportation
Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for December 2023 and Team Notes Questions and Comments on Finance and Facilities & Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes from the Team: Finance and Facilities: Why wasn’t the transportation report in the agenda on Jan 18th and why if it was to be ready for Jan 18th, is the public not able to see it?...
11/23 Executive Session Minutes: Columbia Field, OPRA Custodian Training
Notes and Thoughts from the Team on Executive Session Minutes for November 2023 Along with an Update on a few Budget Items Related to Administration On the CMS Field So the township has gone silent on the Columbia field discussions and instead has launched the initiative to create an all inclusive playground at Columbia. Given the contention on land boundaries...
BOE Document Drop for November 2023 & Notes from a Teacher on the October 2023 Drop
Teacher Feedback on October 2023 Drop: We received a response to our October Document drop from an educator in the community pertaining to our questions on whether the BOE interviewed candidates for the Director Position: Hi John, You state in this article that Dr. Varley did the interviewing for the Director of STEAM position (Kelly Curtiss). In one of my graduate-level classes, I...
Berkeley Heights BOE Document Drop for October 2023
Executive Session and Committee Meeting Minutes and Notes for October 2023 Notes: Policy Committee: Policy 164 was ostensibly revised to avoid surprises for board members. Guess what has been happening in the 2 meetings so far, and it has nothing to do with board members bringing surprises to the meeting. Only the Personnel Committee seems to have spent an extended...
Berkeley Heights BOE Document Drop – September 2023
Committee Meeting Minutes, Executive Session Minutes and Board Correspondence for September 2023 Here are the Committee Meeting minutes for September 2023 that we asked for on October 13, 2023. The time frame for OPRA is seven business days. It took two months for BHCW to receive these documents. Of note were the RFP’s approved by the Finance Committee that we...
Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for August 2023
Below are the Board Committee Meeting Minutes BHCW received for August through an OPRA request. Committee meetings are different than closed sessions – what is discussed during these meetings can very well be addressed by the Board in public meetings. The argument against doing so by one BOE member has been that it would prevent the BOE from accomplishing as...
Berkeley Heights BOE Executive Session Minutes
01/2023 through 06/2023 Below is a link to Executive Session Minutes from 01/2023 through 06/29/2023. We may never know whether the contained redactions are appropriate. Although items related to negotiations once completed can be disclosed. We can reasonably guess that the negotiations listed in the minutes might be with the BHAA based on review of regular meeting agenda and minutes...
Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for 07/2023: The Decisions Being Discussed Behind Closed Doors During the Summer….
When Pam Stanley Believes parents “aren’t paying attention” The Turf Field at CMS was discussed but would need to include a land lease from the BOE to the Township. We don’t know why the Recreation Committee expects the School District to give away what is a valuable piece of land to the Town for free. With all the Affordable Housing units...
BOE Committee Meeting Minutes – 05/2023 and 06/2023
Based on experience, residents should take the accuracy of these minutes with a large grain of salt.….multiple large salt chunks. Regardless, these are still useful for the public to see. PDF of Minutes for 05/2023 PDF Minutes for 06/2023 This Article Made Possible by OPRA…Learn How To Protect This Important Law!
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