The Penna Bloc Shows A Crack
Laura’s Notes from the 03/30/2023 Budget Meeting The 3/30/23 Board meeting was a thing of beauty. People were passionate, and the Board majority voted in a way that reflected some glimmer of compassion for those who spoke. Okay, it had some embarrassing and dark moments. But we saw some resistance to the Administration, so I’ll take any movement in the...
Pamela Cosplays Board Administrator Kot
-Sai Akiri If you watched the 3/30 BOE meeting, it is understandable if some walked away with that question in their minds. There were multiple questions on the courtesy busing about the number of children, the cost included in the tentative budget, and so on. Julie Kot was unable to answer them. Rather surprising since the tentative budget she presented...
Shauna’s Notes on 03/30/2023 Berkeley Heights BOE Budget Meeting
Before I get into Shauna’s Notes, I want to thank the families, teachers, and Administrators of Berkeley Heights for showing up to the meeting. Representative Government only works when the rooms where government officials make decisions are full. We finally saw passion from more than a handful of people today, a spirited debate among BOE Members, a split vote, and...
Julie Kot Continues to pretend the Budget is Classified Information
Access to the Budget Shouldn’t Be This Difficult. -Sai Akiri It’s March 29, 2023, almost two weeks since the preliminary budget meeting on 3.13.2023. The public saw the preliminary budget as a mere presentation for the very first time during the last board meeting. The presentation by the business administrator Ms.Kot should have been posted on the district website ahead...
A Quick Agenda Overview For the 3/30/2023 Special (Budget) BOE Meeting
Were the Administrative cuts mentioned at the last BOE Meeting nothing more than Smoke and Mirrors? The agenda is out for this coming Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, and it’s notable both for what is being eliminated and what isn’t mentioned. “Effective immediately following June 30, 2023, the following supervisory positions hereby are abolished: a. District Supervisor of Math /...
Town Council, Budget – What A Difference.
What a better process looks like… Here is a clip from the last Town Council Meeting (public comment on the budget). Residents should compare this 15-minute clip to the clip we published yesterday of the most recent BOE Meeting where the tentative District Budget was discussed and voted on. It’s a good side-by-side exhibit of open, receptive, civil government (Town...
Former BOE President John Sincaglia comments on the Berkeley Heights Public School District Budget
Former BOE President John Sincaglia wrote us on our last Night Watch Episode. “I watched your recent night-watch session and want to let you and your group now about the cap budget threshold and budget voting.. Remember, any district that still votes for the “budget” is only voting on the tax levy not the budget as a whole. Districts like...
NJ Education Report on Berkeley Heights Public School Budget COncerns
NJ Education Report, ” a non-partisan, nonprofit platform dedicated to providing insight into education news, policy and politics on a local and statewide level” published an article on the Berkeley Heights Public School Budget based on the concerns of former BOE Member, Local Resident and BHCW Contributor Sai Akiri… Link to Article
Copy of Berkeley Heights Public School Budget
BHCW requested a copy of the full budget and received the pdf file below today. We converted the file to excel and included it on this page. I don’t believe there are any errors but if you find any discrepancies between the pdf and spreadsheet let us know. Link to Excel Version PDF Version
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