The Berkeley Height Public School Survey Problem
And what we can do to fix it. Surveys are an essential tool that systems can use to gather vital information to know more about the people they are serving to better meet needs and determine whether what they are doing now is effective. Asking for information about age, ethnicity, culture, sexuality, religion, religiosity, and habits are common practices and...
Help A Teacher Out
Please consider writing to the Berkeley Heights BOE requesting that they change the date of the Educator of the Year awards ceremony currently scheduled for 06/05/2023. Having it on this date would require teachers and their loved ones to come to Berkeley Heights on their day off. Here is a graph explaining why this is a problem: Here is the...
The Collaborative Model – Part Three
The Final Article in the Series on the BHPSNJ Implementation of the Collaborative Model As mentioned in Part Two, more recent educational papers have begun to focus on the real-life issues that have arisen as “consultation and collaboration” have become commonplace in schools. Much of the information below is from a paper by Stephen Hernandez at Hofstra University. (Link at...
BHCW 04/30/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ this week… Online Version Of Newsletter 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...
Berkeley Heights having the highest per-pupil cost with the lowest rankings makes Sense
It’s probably not the number of buildings, and we are definitely not spending money on textbooks and supplies. In one of the Budget Meetings, one BOE member (condescendingly) brushed off the concerns about our high pupil cost, implying that it was a function of the number of buildings the Berkeley Heights School District had. She also brought up Westfield as...
BHCW NIGHT WATCH EPISODE 15
We cover the Final Budget, French Under Fire (Again), District Leaks Family Information (Again), More Bad Surveys…. All Night Watch Episodes
Parent Concerns About Budget, Survey and OPRA Violations
-Karin Sicoli Our Berkeley Heights BOE’s first job is to “protect the herd” not to be mistaken for protecting: students, teachers, substitute teachers or parents. As it turns out, stakeholders are a necessary evil only. Protecting the herd, themselves, is their first concern. A question, by a board member was asked, about how this reduction in staff would impact students...
Our District Is In Trouble & It’s Up to Our Community to Fix It
Berkeley Heights school district is on a downward spiral and needs drastic change. How do we get there… Step 1 – we need to change the makeup of the board. This is where the community can make their voices heard. The BOE has members with validated ethics complaints against them, and most members don’t question or challenge the administration. The...
Laura’s Notes on 04/27/2023 Budget Portion of BOE Meeting
Dr. Foregger and Ms. Khanna Vote “No” to Cut Supervisors But It Wasn’t Enough Below are Laura’s notes. I want to thank Tom and Dipti for supporting teachers and supervisors by voting no. Dr. Varley incredibly made this a choice between Supervisors and Teachers and not once considered her or the Business Administrators staff as a means of reducing costs....
2023 BHPSNJ Budget Pre-Meeting Wrap Up
Overview of Snap Shots and Where We Can Go From Here So I covered several areas that would be important to families, teachers, and principals to the best of my ability. The first item comes down to very big questions on the Benefits account that Sai brought to the public’s attention. We possess the documentation (through OPRA) other Districts used...
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