Dipti Khanna -Fourth BHPSNJ BOE Member to Question Proposed Transportation Policy
Still No Data or Rational on the Secretive Policy Committee Chair’s Proposal Dipti Khanna has replied to BHCW’s questions about the Policy Committee’s transportation policy and the process surrounding its development. As indicated in prior articles, BHCW emailed the BOE the following questions: Are there plans to share the rubric and data driving the scoring that led to the hazardous...
BHCW 04/07/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with coverage of the recently released 2022-2023 NJ DOE School Performance Report results. An Educator in our Community provides an overall report card comparing Berkeley Heights to other Districts, including the six other schools on our Dashboard. We move on to a closer look at the Dashboard...
2022-23 N.J. School Performance Reports Released- Berkeley Heights is Back?
Berkeley Heights Public Schools has one of the largest increases in proficiency ratings among all districts listed, consistent with surrounding districts -Written by an Educator in the Community Each year, the New Jersey Department of Education releases its School Performance Report. According to its release on Patch.com, “school districts are scored from 0 to 100 based on factors like standardized...
What Berkeley Heights Residents Should Know About “the Line”
What is “the Line”? The Line refers to an inherent Ballot design structure unique to NJ that lists candidates according to an endorsed slate versus according to the office they seek. A typical primary ballot design in other states lists candidates according to the office they are seeking, for example, Nevada and Delaware: This is what a NJ Primary Ballot...
Dr. Foregger’s Response on Transportation Policy & Process
Will the Committee Chair Change Course Before it is too Late? A third Berkeley Heights Board of Education member has replied to BHCW’s questions about the Policy Committee’s transportation policy and the process surrounding its development with concerns. As indicated in prior articles, BHCW emailed the BOE the following questions: Are there plans to share the rubric and data driving...
BHCW 03/31/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. The primary focus of this week’s newsletter is more drama surrounding the Policy Committee Chair’s attempt to steamroll through a policy that essentially seeks to justify the controversial Courtesy Busing program that leaves some families paying for busing while others receive it for free. This week, we learned about closed-door meetings,...
Second Berkeley Heights BOE Member Expresses Serious Concerns on Courtesy Busing
Closed Door Meetings with No Supporting Data A second BOE member indicated that the Policy Committee still has not released the data driving the decisions related to streets designated as ” hazardous” in the transportation policy and continues to make decisions in closed-door sessions. This is important as the lack of criteria is the main criticism of Courtesy busing, which...
BHPSNJ BOE Policy Committee Holding Closed Door Meetings without Data on Transportation Policy
BOE Member Sai Akiri’s Response to Questions on Transportation On 03/28/2024, I emailed the Berkeley Heights BOE The following questions: Are there plans to share the rubric and data driving the scoring that led to the hazardous road designations by the consultants-with the public? Will there be a period of time when public input is sought on those designations? Can...
Re-framing the BHPSNJ Transportation Discussion
In 2023, all Chatham Public Schools pushed their start times forward, allowing students to get more rest. The following start and end times were implemented September 2023: Early Childhood Centers 8:55 am – 3:25 pm Elementary 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Middle 7:55 am – 2:30 pm High School: 8:20 am – 3:00 pm In Ridgewood, the Board recently approved...
Easier Way for BH to Reach Out to Representatives
We are happy to announce that Berkeley Heights Residents have an easier way to contact their Government Representatives. We are publishing our Town Council, BOE, and State Representative forms. These forms allow you to contact every member of each body at once and allows BHCW to create an inventory of issues residents are communicating to government representatives about. We created...
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