The ACFR Dashboard (Part 5): The True Cost of School Security
Up to this point in our series we took a hard look at using the ACFR to determine the trajectory...
Daggers, Zoning, and Zombie Homes: Summit’s High-Stakes Sequel
John’s Notes on the 02/17/2026 Summit Town Council Meeting Notes on the 02/03 Meeting The main focus was Summit’s Round...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About Special Education Costs (Part 4)
This is the fourth in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...
John’s Notes on the 02/03/2026 Summit Common Council Meeting
Summit’s Agenda offers yet another example of a good government approach to it’s Agendas that Berkeley Heights can emulate in...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 5: Public Safety, Policing, and Institutional Risk
Three articles connected to police bureaucracy and the risks connected to failures of oversight and training, along with a response...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 3: Budgets, State Aid and Making the Numbers Mean Something
Budgets are typically not something that draws big numbers, but we’re working hard to change that. Two of our top articles...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 2: Schools, Rankings, and What the Data Really Says
In 2025, our reporting on education metrics continued to explain school data in a way families and residents could actually...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 2)
How Much of Each Per Pupil Dollar Goes to Instruction This is the second in a series intended to help...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 1)
This is the first in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...
2024-2025 7-District Dashboard – A Preliminary Look at Next Year’s School Performance Reports
Every year we provide a preliminary look at what the April School Performance reports will look like based on the...