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...
Summit by the Numbers: Part 3 of Our 7-District Performance Comparison
The Third of Seven Reports on our 7-District Dashboard We’ll start with the housekeeping and go over the same spiel...
Ovens, Crocs and a $100K Blind Spot: The Summit Council Agenda
The agenda for this week’s Common Council Meeting starts where we left off last time – a closed session with...
New Providence EMS Opposes S1421: ‘A Costly State Mandate Threatening Local Volunteers and Taxpayers’
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter received from Sandy Davies, President, and Alexander JB Pereira, Chief, of New Providence...
Major Contracts, Staffing Decisions and Receipts Lacking on Summit BOE Re-Org Agenda
John’s Notes on the 05/12/2026 BOE Meeting Agenda The 05/12/2026 Summit BOE Meeting is largely about re-org which means deciding...
Summit Taps Reserves to Shield Classrooms from Benefit Cost Spikes
Standard disclaimer – the preliminary budget numbers we’re looking at for Summit can change before it’s adopted and like the...
What Summit Residents Can Know Before the May 5 Common Council Meeting
Summit’s May 5 Common Council agenda is partly a continuation of the April 21 meeting and partly a new set...
Summit’s 04/21 Council Meeting: Parking Hikes, Speed Limits and a $78M Certification
OrdinancesA lot of the bigger items on the Agenda for tonight’s meeting are showing up again for a final vote...
A Closer Look at Summit’s $63M Budget: Growth, Taxes and Structural Costs
Summit was another town we needed to submit an OPRA in order to get the budget. While they had a...
John’s Notes on the 04/16/2026 Summit BOE Agenda
Summit’s BOE Meeting is on 04/16/2026 and one red flag right from the start is the lack of attachments or...