Round Two: School Budget Edition
Laura’s Notes on the Agenda for This Thursday Laura’s Second Choice For a Title: “Let’s abolish positions that directly interact with students while keeping the business offices top heavy” Are you ready? Important things to know from the agenda: (Reinstate means- added back from the previous budget proposal) 1)Resolution on the REORGANIZATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM (if you’re feeling deja...
Ratings, Rankings and Dollars
Further Evidence that Berkeley Heights Needs to Re-Evaluate the Direction the District is Going A community member provided us with a table containing the following information: ” all districts are included within an approximate 10-mile radius of Berkeley Heights, excluding North Plainfield, Plainfield, and South Plainfield. Data takes the average of all school buildings in each public school district that...
The Next Budget Meeting Needs to be a Course Correction
What the District Can Do to Increase Public Confidence Given the rankings and ratings that recently came out, it is clear that the massive investments in attorneys and central administration have not paid off. It is also clear that the last thing we should do is remove any resources from our schools. That does not mean we can’t re-think how...
Financial Shenanigans?
What is going on with the $600,000 transfers out of the medical benefits account? Tisha Mannino I am not sure, but what could be going on is that in accounting, the income statement is not cash flow based. Thus, every year, an organization has to have an expense that takes into account, expected current expenses earned as well as an...
Nj Education Report PublisheS New Information ON BHPSNJ BudGet…..And It Doesn’t Look Good
NJED Report Op-ed from BHCW Contributor Uncovers a Potentially Significant Problem on Medical Benefits in the BHPSNJ Budget NJ Education Report published an Op-Ed from Sai Akiri alleging significant distortions in how the Budget is being presented to the Public. The article states the District is inflating the cost of Medical Benefits and that dollars budgeted for Medical Benefits are...
Policy 6220 – Your Right to the Budget Process
Is the District Violating Its Policies in Locking the Public Out of The Budget Process? Most Berkeley Heights residents can agree that the Berkeley Heights Public School Budget has been an embarrassing process for our community for the past two years. There is still much to unpack, and it is most helpful to parse out the concerns in a digestible...
Questions About the Berkeley Heights 2023 School Budget Remain
At the last BOE meeting on March 30th, the Board decided (correctly) not to eliminate supervisor positions. However, Dr. Varley followed the vote with a warning (or threat) that the decision would result in cuts to teaching staff. Not once did the option of reductions in the Superintendent’s office or the Business Administrator’s office ever come up. Later in April,...
2023 Budget Questions- What did Dr. Varley’s Nepotism Defense Cost Berkeley Heights?
Related Content: BUDGET, NEPOTISM & TEXTBOOKS DR. VARLEY’S NEPOTISM SETTLEMENT AND CONCERNING QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD ATTORNEY DR. VARLEY’S LEGAL TEAM TRIES TO PREVENT RESIDENT FROM ATTENDING HEARING ON NEPOTISM ALLEGATION DR. VARLEY’S NEPOTISM INVESTIGATION
What Teachers, Parents and Students Need to Prepare For
A BHCW Public Service Announcement During the last Night Watch episode, Shauna shared a comment a teacher made after the 03/30/2023 BOE Meeting: “Great…now they are going to pit teachers against Administrators.” The facts connected to the number of positions in the Superintendent’s and Business Administrators’ office discussed publicly, along with public demands at the last BOE Meeting that these...
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