Category: New Providence Public Schools

Berkeley Heights Has Six Candidates Running for BOE, New Providence Shows None and Union County Makes More Mistakes

The six candidates running for Berkeley Heights BOE are as follows: CANDIDATE ADDRESS SLOGAN TERM EMAIL ADDRESS Gale D. Bradford 34 Mea Dr. Berkeley Heights, NJ Commitment to Community 3 Yrs [email protected] Helen Gabara 62 Burlington Rd. New Providence, NJ 3 Yrs [email protected] David T. Moore 245 Mountain Ave. Berkeley Heights, NJ 3 Yrs [email protected] Javier Morales 125 Lawrence Dr....
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Chatham, Millburn, and New Providence Schools Lead on NJGPA ….others Struggle

Recent NJGPA Results Highlight Gaps Between Top-Tier Districts and Those Falling Behind –Written by an Educator in our District At the July 24th, 2025 New Providence Board of Education meeting, the district presented their assessment report that included New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) results from spring 2024.  High school students sit for the separate English Language Arts (ELA) and...
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State Mandates Full-Day Kindergarten by 2029 … What Local Districts Are Doing Now

From Pre-K rollouts to school reconfiguration, Chatham and New Providence face the growing pains of a changing New Jersey – with Berkeley Heights as a cautionary tale. NJ schools are undergoing some makeovers, but not the infrastructure upgrades so many public schools desperately need. While some districts are rolling out phased approaches to manage the inevitable influx of students, many...
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