Is it Time to Revisit Our Approach to Educational Inclusion?
For the Berkeley Heights School District, much fanfare has accompanied our efforts at inclusion for special education students, with administrators touting how other districts are looking to us as a shining example of what inclusion should be. I’m going to say something that will, for some (and maybe many), be an unpopular idea: we need to rethink whether inclusion is...
Potential Strategies to Improve Test Scores at Governor Livingston High School
Recent NJGPA score decline shows the need to look into current practices. -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community In April 2024, U.S. News and World Report released their public high school rankings for the 2022-23 school year, which BHCW summarized and TAPInto published again recently. In the rankings, Governor Livingston High School (GLHS) ranked 90th, a ten-place...
A 2025-26 Berkeley Heights School Calendar
Proposing a calendar to expand on religious holidays and professional development. -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community In a prior article, school calendars of 17 districts, including Berkeley Heights (BHPS), were analyzed on if/how they honor particular religious holidays (Diwali, Lunar New Year, and Eid) and how professional development for teachers is set in the calendar. The...
Who are the Real Clowns That Want to Tear It Down? Part Two
Part II – The Hysterics Over Transportation Let’s go back way back on Transportation (the years when the Township indicated “all roads were safe” before Sai and Natasha got elected, and suddenly two months after they got elected, they suddenly became “unsafe”. In 2021, Laura wrote, in connection to the presentation on reconfiguration that has since been pulled from the...
2025-26 Calendar Recommendations for Berkeley Heights Public Schools
How to expand on religious holidays and professional development -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community School calendars from 17 school districts, including Berkeley Heights (BHPS), are analyzed to explore religious holidays (depending on community demographics) and professional development (to provide more time for educator training). Adding religious holidays to the calendar such as Diwali, Lunar New Year,...
Summer Briefing on BHPS
New Director, Athletics Shake Up, Business Office Hiring & More…. New Director Appointed As we reported at the June 20 board meeting, Dr. Joseph Cordero was appointed as the director of elementary education and intervention. Dr. Cordero comes from Summit, where he spent time as an Elementary Principal and was appointed as the District’s Director of Curriculum and Instruction in...
Who are the Real Clowns That Want to Tear It Down ?
Part I – The Hysterics Over Board President With declines in proficiency firmly evidenced, two years of an assault on democratic mechanisms, and an 11th-hour attempt to prevent a new BOE from delivering on its promise to improve the District, former BOE representatives and operatives within local government loyal to the Old BOE became obsessed with ensuring Angela Penna became...
Breaking Down The Recent BOE Mathematics Department Presentation
Recent BOE Mathematics Department Presentation Details BHPS on Right Track in Math -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community There is no question that math instruction has been an area of discussion and even controversy at Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) over the past two school years. At the Monday, June 10th Board of Education (BOE meeting), Supervisor...
Part 2: One possible solution to the BHPSNJ Busing Issue
Addressing follow-up questions and conversation regarding adjusting school start times to provide for more busing -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community As questions and commentary arose on our first article regarding staggering school start times for Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS), there are questions still to be answered. These are matters that should have been resolved from...
One Possible Solution to the BHPSNJ Busing Issue
Staggered school arrival/dismissal times could save the district dollars on buses and bus drivers, provide more access to busing, and preserve instructional minutes. -Written by an Educator in the Community Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) administrators and Board members should consider the following for the 2025-26 school year. Listed below at the current BHPSNJ school start times and dismissal times:...
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