Questions to the EIC Ticket on Their Statement Regarding BHPSNJ School Transportation
NJ21st sent the following email (yesterday) to Ms. DeBang of the EIC Ticket regarding her most recent public statement on Transportation: Your recent article on transportation raised several concerns, primarily due to significant omissions of key public information surrounding the transportation discussions, presentations, and the policy shortcomings. Could you please clarify where your facts originated, and specifically, if you could...
The BHPSNJ Transportation Problem Timeline in 4 1/2 Minutes
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The OPRA “Opera”
An analysis of BHPSNJ OPRA Requests Over a Six Month Period OPRA, the Opera (or what feels like a never-ending charade) in which those who “abuse” OPRA, because of the strain it puts on staff are made out to be public enemy #1 while others file voluminous requests, ad nauseum, for what some could speculate to be political or personal...
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:...
Resident Writes To Board On Traffic & Safety at Woodruff
-Cathy Marshott In the last BOE meeting much focus came from the feedback of about 10 parents in connection to courtesy busing and high school students. What many parents don’t realize is that there is a severe need for enhanced bussing in our middle, elementary and K-2 schools. The decision to lower subscription busing costs for families will help everyone....
Laura’s Notes on the 05/07/2024 BOE Meeting Part 1: Transportation & Bussing
Ms. Bradford introduced a motion to reverse the decision from the last meeting in which the Board approved only Mandated and Subscription bussing. Ms. Akiri called her out as she had not provided 48-hour notice of this motion before the meeting, per Board policy. The Board attorney allowed the vote to happen. The motion failed with a 4-2 vote. (Mr....
The New BOE Majority is Turning Things Around, and the Party Machines Are Getting Nervous
I am writing a lot this week but have more to say than usual. If all you’ve been paying attention to is the noise on the forums and theatre in Council meetings, you would have missed a few significant developments. With a new majority in place within the BOE, some significant changes that will benefit families have arisen: (1) Budget : For...
New Information Leads to Questions Surrounding List of Roads Presented by the Policy Committee
BHCW received information from sources within the District that: (1) Other than the Feb 26 presentation and the sample rubric, there are no other documents that have been shared with the Board (2) There is NO email communication with the rubric from transportation consultants. (3) There was NO FINAL REPORT that ranked the 265 streets that the Board could review or, based on the latest...
Who benefits from Courtesy Busing?
-Virginie Delwart Who benefits from Courtesy Busing? That was the question lingering in my mind as I delved into the busing discussions in Berkeley Heights a few weeks ago. As of April 30th, the answer was unexpectedly close to home—our family. Yet, for four years, we remained blissfully unaware of this privilege. Residing in the Fern/Hillside neighborhood, a mere 2.4 miles from...
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