2023 BHPSNJ Budget Pre-Meeting Wrap Up
Overview of Snap Shots and Where We Can Go From Here So I covered several areas that would be important to families, teachers, and principals to the best of my ability. The first item comes down to very big questions on the Benefits account that Sai brought to the public’s attention. We possess the documentation (through OPRA) other Districts used...
Option II
Parent expresses concern on response she received from the District on Option II – Kelly Hufnagel The lack of consideration for individual student needs is appalling. For background, NJ law requires that all HS students have 4 years of physical education. “Option II” allows for some exceptions, namely student athletes. This has not been a BH policy and was last...
Round Two: School Budget Edition
Laura’s Notes on the Agenda for This Thursday Laura’s Second Choice For a Title: “Let’s abolish positions that directly interact with students while keeping the business offices top heavy” Are you ready? Important things to know from the agenda: (Reinstate means- added back from the previous budget proposal) 1)Resolution on the REORGANIZATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM (if you’re feeling deja...
BHCW 04/23/2023 NEWSLETTER
What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ 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...
Ratings, Rankings and Dollars
Further Evidence that Berkeley Heights Needs to Re-Evaluate the Direction the District is Going A community member provided us with a table containing the following information: ” all districts are included within an approximate 10-mile radius of Berkeley Heights, excluding North Plainfield, Plainfield, and South Plainfield. Data takes the average of all school buildings in each public school district that...
BHCW Night Watch Episode 14
Collaborative Model, Ratings, Budget, Option 2, and other stuff. All Night Watch Episodes
The Next Budget Meeting Needs to be a Course Correction
What the District Can Do to Increase Public Confidence Given the rankings and ratings that recently came out, it is clear that the massive investments in attorneys and central administration have not paid off. It is also clear that the last thing we should do is remove any resources from our schools. That does not mean we can’t re-think how...
This Administration Is A Disaster
Berkeley Heights Public Schools Rankings and Ratings Remain Problematic Perhaps we wouldn’t be on a fiscal cliff if the hands that rock the cradle put a little more focus on graduation rates and higher proficiency scores in math and science and a little less focus on stacking their offices with assistants and paying lawyers. Berkeley Heights projected cost per pupil...
The Collaborative Model – Part Two
Continuing with Kotter’s Model of Change, let’s take a look at step six: Ensure Short-Term Wins. Below is the list descriptors for this step. Did any of these steps happen? Did we even have short-term goals outlined? Possibly, but that middle step – make progress visible – was an abject failure. We were handed a directive and expected to embrace...
BHCW 04/16/2023 NEWSLETTER
What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ 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...
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