The First BOE Meeting Offered Parents Little Hope For Change
Angela Penna and her bloc will continue the practice of the former BOE President in allowing the Attorney to act as an unelected BOE member. There were several instances during the meeting where she and the Attorney rudely interrupted Berkeley Heights parents. The purpose of this is to likely occupy time so that the parent has less opportunity to speak...
BTC – The Struggle is Real
It’s been just over a month since the November 1st information session on Building Thinking Classroom. It was at this session that I became aware of this approach to teaching math and that there were parents who were very upset over the implementation of this approach. Since then: 1. The administration took less than one day to re-evaluate and moved to a more...
Berkeley Heights Public Schools BTC Parent Survey Final Results
The BTC Math Survey has reached 107 responses. Here are the FINAL results. 107 responses for 135 Children 82 Parents (77%) Agreed or Completely Agreed with the Statement:“My child has expressed feeling more confused in math classes. 82 Parents (77%) Disagreed or Completely Disagreed with the Statement:“My child has maintained or improved their math grade without having to complete extra assignments since...
Renewed Parent Frustration and More Poor Decision-Making from District Administrators
Implementing new teaching methods can be a wonderful way to spark a student’s interest or create a better and more thorough understanding of material. It can just as easily lead to confusion, frustration and lessened motivation for learning, which is what we have seen over the past two to three years in our district with the move first to the...
Berkeley Heights Public School BTC Parent Survey Results-Preliminary
This is a preliminary reporting of results on BHCW’s parent survey of BTC. WE are still collecting responses. If you have not yet completed the survey and have a child in a BTC Class, you may do so here. Update 11/23/2022 on data as of 8:51am 100 responses for 126 Children 78 Parents (78%) Agreed or Completely Agreed with the...
Varley, Kot and The Ongoing Obsession with Sai Akiri
Instead of trying to repair yet another mess she has created in our Math program, Dr. Varley appear to be using her time and her staff to continue her strange campaign against Sai Akiri The District has been using OPRA denials, requests and extensions to seemingly exert some power and even intimidation over parents. It now seems as if the...
Tisha’s Comments To The BOE on BTC
Several parents attended the 11/17/2022 BOE Meeting to express their concerns about the impact the District’s new model is having on their children’s learning experience. Tisha Mannino has shared her comments with BHCW for publication. At the end of Tisha’s article is a survey BHCW is offering Berkeley Heights parents as a means of informing the District on parental opinions...
Gale Bradford 2022 BOE Questions To the Candidate Responses and articles
Gale Bradford was recently elected to the BOE. This document is a collection of her responses to BHCW questions and articles she has submitted. I organized this so that parents and other residents can learn about Gale as she takes on this new role next year. (1) What qualifications do you hold to manage a 60 million dollar budget? The...
Dipti Khanna 2022 BOE Questions To the Candidate Responses and articles
Dipti Khanna was recently elected to the BOE. This document is a collection of her responses to BHCW questions and articles she has submitted. I organized this so that parents and other residents can learn about Dipti as she takes on this new role next year. Question on Budget: (1) What qualifications do you hold to manage a 60 million...
Thinking Classrooms and Parent Concerns
I was one of the parents who attended the information session on November 1st. I’ve had some parents reach out to me regarding this methodology but I was surprised at how many parents were upset with impact it’s having on their kids and how the administration treated their concerns. I was happy to see that the administration communicated that they...
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