This Week at NJ21st: Retaliation, PILOTs and the Fight for Transparency from Trenton to Randolph
Another full week at the 21st and Berkeley Heights remains the hot spot, but as always we’re going to start...
Hidden MOUs, Missing Contracts: Transparency Concerns Loom Over New Providence BOE’s $7M Year-End Agenda
New Providence BOE Agenda Includes $6.9M Bill List, Lunch Prices, Special Education Placements, Software Renewals and Policy Updates The New...
Management Enhancement Grant and OLP Shared Service Agreement on Tonight’s New Providence Agenda
We’re dealing with a lighter agenda than we saw last meeting although there are 17 consent agenda items, which means...
$2.91M Bond and Community Energy Plan Headline Upcoming New Providence Council Meeting
Two of the bigger items on this agenda first appeared at the May 26 meeting: the Community Energy Plan and...
SAT Score Showdown: How Our 7 Districts Ranked Statewide
We cover proficiency scores because they are the more relevant indicator in evaluating how well schools are teaching however, there...
NJDOE 2026 Special Education Determinations: Our 7 Dashboard Districts Meet Requirements But Details Vary
The NJDOE released its 2026 Local Special Education Profiles and Determinations this week which gives us an understanding of how...
This Week at NJ21st: School Dashboard Trends, AI Student Surveillance and $2.9M Bonds
This week was packed, and it feels like we covered almost every topic, so let’s get started because there is...
Behind the NP BOE Agenda: $49.5M Tax Schedule and Important Policy Revisions (Without Public Attachments)
The NP BOE Agenda follows a similar “next step after the budget” as the Berkeley Heights meeting but starts with...
New Providence Council to Take Up Community Energy Plan, $2.9M Bond and Police Equipment Spending
It’s another packed agenda for the 05/26/2026 New Providence Borough Council Meeting …. Energy Plan Presentation Developed with support from...
7 Districts, 5 Years, 1 Dashboard: A Comparative Performance Summary
Across our 7-District group proficiency rebounded from the 2021–22 post-pandemic testing period but not evenly across subjects and still below...