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Quick Note On the 01/18/2024 BOE Meeting- Jordan Hyman Gets it Done

While there is certainly a contingent that is going to try to spin last night’s meeting as “too long” or “chaotic” it’s important to note that if one considers all the important material the BOE had to vote on last night – several hours is an appropriate amount of time.  This is NOT a rubber stamp BOE anymore.  Those days...
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Minutia Matters- Especially Audits

Why is the BHPSNJ Audit Still Not Available? A recent article on how the Berkeley Heights Superintendent got a raise, in a procedurally incorrect manner and which obscured the action, violating District and State policy along the way, created some much-needed conversation around how the Board of Education operates. I had started looking into audits, based on a different comment...
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Everyone is Learning From Berkeley Height’s Mistakes…Except for Berkeley Heights

Quick Note on Tomorrow’s Meeting Back in 2021, as BHCW was sort of getting started, I wrote the following in a Tap-Into Op-ed regarding the District’s de-facto settlement with the Union County Prosecutors office on an OPMA violation: I’m looking to dissuade future BOE’s and Superintendents from trampling over the rights of parents and children by making what this BOE and...
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Legal Spending and Searchable Attachments for 01/18/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting

Tomorrow, the BOE will vote on whether to approve another ~$7,000 to the law firm of Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, LLC; total legal spending between four firms comes to ~$11,000 – based on our review. The agenda includes other legal costs as mentioned in yesterday’s article . There is a $1500 settlement on an OPRA case and a $44,000 settlement for some other matter that isn’t clear...
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BOE Member Gale Bradford Questioned On Letter of Support Involving Volunteer Organizations, Elected Officials and Others

Community Member Shares their Email to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education We received several emails and other communication from officers and members of volunteer organizations that support our schools who expressed upset with BOE Member Gale Bradford’s insertion of their organization in a letter of support for Ms. Penna’s Bid for President.  We also received similar communication from educators...
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Ignorance of Parliamentary Procedure Is Creating Chaos & Harming Our District

Edmund Tom Maciejewski For those of you following Thursday’s Super Chaotic Board of Education Meeting. One thing, regardless of where you stand on Angela Penna forcing this chaotic situation, is that nobody on the board, nor the lawyer nor the administrator understands Robert’s Rules of Order which is what governs the rules of the meeting. Case in point, Sai made...
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“Only the Policies I Agree with Matter & Only the People I Like Are Allowed to Vote”

Berkeley Heights BOE Attorney, Business Administrator, and The Penna Bloc’s Display of Cognitive Dissonance During the 01/04/2023 Re-Org Meeting Several emails were sent to the Business Administrator and Board of Education on how the Agenda violated Board Policies and By-Laws. Despite this prior notice and stated objections to policy violations the Agenda represented, the Business Administrator, Attorney, and the Penna...
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The Community Voted For Change & BHPSNJ Administration Can’t Seem to Let Go

With A Split Board, The former Majority May Be Resorting to Desperate Tactics on Day One   The Board Agenda for the Re-Organization Meeting has been the same for decades.  However, it appears the District is attempting to change the rules to prevent the change the community has voted for in the past three years.  Multiple individuals have emailed and called the...
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