Time to Put Student Needs Ahead of Lawyers and Petty Politics
Political Vendettas and Unethical Behaviors are Harming our Students Here’s a little test. Ten months ago, five of our eight BOE members (to be joined by a sixth member a month later) chose to start a chain of actions in bringing about ethics charges against a fellow board member. Those actions resulted in several opposing ethics complaints by town residents....
The Penna Bloc Shows A Crack
Laura’s Notes from the 03/30/2023 Budget Meeting The 3/30/23 Board meeting was a thing of beauty. People were passionate, and the Board majority voted in a way that reflected some glimmer of compassion for those who spoke. Okay, it had some embarrassing and dark moments. But we saw some resistance to the Administration, so I’ll take any movement in the...
BHCW 04/02/2023 Newsletter
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 11: Breakdown of the 03/30/2023 Budget Meeting
In this episode of Night Watch, Natasha joins the crew to discuss the 03/30/2023 Budget Meeting. We fact-check Julie Kot’s assertions, discuss concerns about Pam Stanley’s relationship with the Administration, the Superintendent’s confusing messaging on class sizes, and Robert’s allergy to BOE Members asking questions in public. All Night Watch Episodes
Shauna’s Notes on 03/30/2023 Berkeley Heights BOE Budget Meeting
Before I get into Shauna’s Notes, I want to thank the families, teachers, and Administrators of Berkeley Heights for showing up to the meeting. Representative Government only works when the rooms where government officials make decisions are full. We finally saw passion from more than a handful of people today, a spirited debate among BOE Members, a split vote, and...
The only Source of Misinformation in our Community is District Administration
The Superintendent Needs to stop Manufacturing False Crises She then Pretends to Resolve while Blaming the Community. Yesterday Shauna published an article that pointed to the very words the Superintendent said at the last budget meeting that reasonably led to many in our community believing cuts to AP classes were on the horizon. When you take those words and past...
Julie Kot Continues to pretend the Budget is Classified Information
Access to the Budget Shouldn’t Be This Difficult. -Sai Akiri It’s March 29, 2023, almost two weeks since the preliminary budget meeting on 3.13.2023. The public saw the preliminary budget as a mere presentation for the very first time during the last board meeting. The presentation by the business administrator Ms.Kot should have been posted on the district website ahead...
A Quick Agenda Overview For the 3/30/2023 Special (Budget) BOE Meeting
Were the Administrative cuts mentioned at the last BOE Meeting nothing more than Smoke and Mirrors? The agenda is out for this coming Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, and it’s notable both for what is being eliminated and what isn’t mentioned. “Effective immediately following June 30, 2023, the following supervisory positions hereby are abolished: a. District Supervisor of Math /...
Petition claims that cuts to AP Classes are Looming for Governor Livingston
UPDATE: Cuts to classes with low enrollment have been confirmed. How many classes being cut is unclear A petition entitled “Governor Livingston High School Budget Cuts to AP Courses” indicates that “The planned budget cuts by the Board of Education will remove AP courses such as AP Physics and AP Italian from the Governor Livingston High School curriculum.” We are...
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