Response to BOE Candidate Deb Terrero’s (EIC Ticket) Most Recent Statement on Real Estate Values & Schools
-Shauna Williams is a Parent of One Child Attending BHPS and Two Children who are Graduates of BHPS I cannot comment on the successes of any local realtor or engage in debates about their expertise in home sales. However, I must emphasize that home sales and personal profit are not the focus of this election, especially as we are selecting...
Parent Reaches Out on AP Exams & Home-schooled Children
A Berkeley Heights Parent Reached Out to NJ21st on AP Exams and Her Interaction with the Board of Education: Email from Parent: Good morning! I am so happy to report that GL is allowing my homeschooled children to take AP tests at their school! I think this step towards inclusivity may be interesting to other residents! In my search for...
The “Context” Argument on Proficiency is Problematic, Lazy, and a Throw-Back to Four Years We Don’t Want to Live Through Again
John Migueis is a Parent of Two Children in the District Let me start by saying I strongly considered voting for Dr. Moore. That ended yesterday when I read his article on Rankings. How can Moore argue from a context perspective when he neglects to include proficiency in his article on rankings when that is the primary variable that drives...
Update on Columbia Middle School Tiger
-Helen Gabara The time of year has come around at CMS for the yearbook club to start work on the yearbook. The annual Art contest to design a tiger for the cover of the yearbook was brought up. There still appears to be interest. Unfortunately, the supervisor of the yearbook had to inform the students, they cannot hold the contest,...
Union County Park at Berkeley Caterers Site
Berkeley Heights Residents Need to Ask Questions About the Proposed Park -Steven Kark Berkeley Heights residents need to pay attention to what’s happening to our town. Did you see this? Could Berkeley Heights end up losing its iconic Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel—a 100-year tradition—with its July 16 Garden State Fireworks show? The Planning Board is reviewing the...
BOE Representative Natasha Joly Responds to Inaccurate TapInto Article
Statement from BOE Representative Natasha Joly The recent article in TapInto regarding unpaid bills by the Berkeley Heights Board of Education has a number of inaccuracies. In the subtext of the title, it states that, “Board of Education Faces Over $80,000 in Unpaid Bills”. Further in the article it states, “At the Board’s August 15 meeting, it was reported that...
Regarding TapInto’s Coverage of “Unpaid Bills”
Statement from BOE Representative Sai Akiri In a recent article by a for-profit information outlet, Ms. Bradford commented on some outstanding bills. This information was inaccurate, related to Board Business, and did not have the consent of the full Board of Education. Additionally, TapInto did not reach out to me or other BOE Members for their perspective. Some of the...
My Thoughts on NJ Department of Education Changes to District Evaluations
Statement from BOE Representative Dr. Thomas Foregger On September 4 the New Jersey State Board of Education proposed changes to the way the instruction and program component of the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) score is computed. A school needs to score 80 points in each component of the NJQSAC in order to be deemed a high performing...
Office of State Comptroller Report Raises Questions on Berkeley Heights Shared Services Agreement
Arik Samson is a Resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ Berkeley Heights township hired a top ranking Union County official Joseph Graziano under a shared services agreement with the county and paid him a part time salary to oversee the Department of Public Works while he also got paid salary and full-time benefits from the Union County job where he was the...
Clarification and Request for Action Regarding Pamela Stanley’s Misstatements
The following is an email from Edmund Tom Maciejewski to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education. Mr. Maciejewski is a resident of Berkeley Heights NJ. To date, Mr. Maciejewski reports he has not received confirmation that Ms. Stanley WAS acting in her official board capacity during the Starbucks Incident. The attachments linked afterwards are a response to emails Mr. Maciejewski...
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