The only Source of Misinformation in our Community is District Administration
The Superintendent Needs to stop Manufacturing False Crises She then Pretends to Resolve while Blaming the Community. Yesterday Shauna published an article that pointed to the very words the Superintendent said at the last budget meeting that reasonably led to many in our community believing cuts to AP classes were on the horizon. When you take those words and past...
Admin Steps in it Again?
Dr. Varley’s recent email about the AP Class Controversy tells an interesting story. Update: A parent just contacted me to direct me to the last BOE meeting on 3/13. At timestamp 1:32:15 Mrs. Stanley mentions seeing other towns have to cut programs. In response, at timestamp 1:33:05 the Superintendent says, “For 6-12 we have some classes that operate below five,...
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 /...
Natasha’s Comments During the 03/13/2023 BOE Meeting on Building Thinking Classroom and the OPRA Custodian Position
In this merge of two clips from the 03/13/2023 Booard of Education meeting, Natasha Joly challenges Ms. Stanley’s continued invalidating spin on Building Thinking classroom. In addition to parents having to subsidize the District’s failure by paying for outside math tutors, Natasha discusses her concern in hearing feedback from parents that students are simply dropping out of math or taking...
BHCW 03/26/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. Online Version Download PDF Version: There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles...
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
Stop the Insanity!
Is common sense and transparency really too much to ask? We find ourselves again at the mercy of an Administration unwilling to engage with the community and an ineffective board that cannot or will not be the voice of the community. The latest budget meeting is just another example. The detailed budget was sent to the Board on a Thursday...
BHCW 03/19/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. Online Version of News Letter PDF Version of Newsletter: There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our...
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