Putting It All Together – Rankings, Ratings, Proficiency and Budget
Exploring a connection between proficiency, rankings and budget… I emailed the Berkeley Heights Board of Education and Superintendent the following summary (excuse typos): I would like to share with you the ratings and rankings themselves along with the Budget. I’ve written about this before and I’m pretty certain you’ve read what I’ve written, however, it didn’t seem like you had any recollection of...
Two Years Of Shining A Light-2023
What we’ve accomplished this year… Today marks two years since we published our first article. When we launched, our goal was to inform the public about the lack of research behind and violations of laws surrounding the reconfiguration of our District and the disingenuous tactic of the Administration and Board Majority of conflating Kindergarten with throwing children and teachers out...
What About The Mountainside Kids?
Comparison of Mountainside, Berkeley Heights and what Happens At Governor Livingston…. I decided to look at Mountainside as their residents have a vested interest in a Superintendent’s report concerning Governor Livingston. Given the different k-8 configurations between Berkeley Heights and Mountainside, in the interest of time, I decided to average out the Berkeley Heights numbers except for Science and...
Five More Snapshots of the BHPSNJ Decline
Comparisons to the other Six Schools in Our Area Based on the Superintendent’s assertion that Covid is one of the primary factors driving our declines, I decided to look at other Districts. I compared movement on proficiency across the Districts that I have been running comparisons over the past month on Budget and Ratings/Rankings. These are top-level, district-wide comparisons. The...
BHCW Newsletter for 05/14/2023
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights this Week….. Online Version PDF Version 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 Substack which will deliver articles to...
BHCW Night Watch Episode 16
Declining Proficiencies, Ratings, Assistant Superintendent Stepping Down, OPRA & More….
Follow Up to Ratings and Rankings From the 05/11/2023 Meeting – John’s Notes Part II, The Revenge
Because I just can’t let this shit go…. While I addressed many of Dr. Varley’s narratives surrounding our rankings decline based on a data set that she then claimed not to be aware of, I think it’s essential for the public to be aware of the extent of the BOE’s ignorance in this area. If you recall last year, Dr....
05/11/2023 BOE Meeting-Johns Notes
BOE Majority Refuses to Have Dr. Varley Explain our Rankings and Ratings Slide Dr. Foregger motioned to have Dr. Varley explain the decline in ratings and rankings, and Ms. Khanna seconded the motion. This has been discussed and parsed out for weeks by this site leading up to this meeting. The rest of the Board either abstained or voted no,...
05/11/2023 BOE Agenda- Laura’s Notes
What to look out for during this month’s BOE Meeting.. In the recent months it has been increasingly suspect about how our top Administration goes about handling the business of this district. It wouldn’t surprise me if Dr. Varley has a large spin-wheel in her office and, when she’s feeling so inclined, takes a spin to decide which person, department,...
BHPSNJ World Languages: Another Casualty
In what has been weeks of difficult news for parents, students and teachers, cuts in World Languages are sliding in under the radar… -Ekin Najarian Last week we learned of cuts to world languages at CMS and GL, and of course, low enrollment is being targeted as the culprit. Despite not having the numbers (because they weren’t provided), we’ll suspend...
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