BHCW’s Top Ten Articles of 2023
….and if you’re interested- 2022 & 2021 2023 was an incredible year for BHCW. Remember that we are a hyperlocal government information source for a small community, yet our print content has attracted over 174,000 views and over 70,000 readers this year. We’ve developed partnerships outside of Berkeley Heights and have heard from residents in other communities in NJ about...
BHCW 12/31/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter includes an update on the battle to save OPRA and OPMA. We share an email to legislators thanking them for pausing on reform with suggestions on improving both laws and how these improvements would benefit our School District. An educator in our community provided an analysis involving the...
BHCW 12/24/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter includes coverage of the Town Council’s passage of the Municipal Land Use Ordinance – probably one of the most significant actions by this Council, this year through a process many residents felt was rushed and poorly timed during a lame-duck session. We learned about the District’s disregard for...
A Key Moment During the 12/19/2023 Berkeley Heights Town Council Meeting
The annoying and potentially dangerous “don’t get in the way of progress argument” reveals itself yet again. The clip below is, in my opinion, one of the more important exchanges during the 12/19/2023 Town Council Meeting. Town Council Member-Elect Margaret Illis asked the Council whether the Council considered recommendations by the Planning Board. This is a question she asked the...
The Municipal Land Use Ordinance- Why Now And In This Manner?
Today on the town council agenda for final adoption is the Municipal Land Use Ordinance’s final amended version. We are SIX days from Christmas and in a lame-duck session. I have been writing to council members and the mayor since September 2023 on the sign ordinance. Natasha Joly also wrote to the council. Other than the initial response from the...
More Questions Remain on the BHPSNJ Improper Transportation Survey
At the last meeting, Mr. Juskiewicz said there was no board correspondence since the previous meeting. I pointed out the exchange regarding the transportation survey. He apologized for the oversight. I wanted to share this exchange as I think it highlights the administration’s lack of attention to detail when it comes to collecting data from our kids and the inability...
BHCW 12/17/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter starts with a snapshot of raw data on this year’s NJSLA, which became available this week. The results are not great – we are still below where we were before Dr. Varley took over as superintendent. It then moves to our coverage of the 12/14/2023 BOE meeting, where...
Shauna’s Notes on the 12/14/2023 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting
Gaslighting On the RFP, More Power to the President, Still No Answers on Legal Spending and Board Correspondence Now Requires Gate Keeping The Superintendent’s Report led immediately to the Resolution and Congratulations to the GL Girls Volleyball Team on their second sectional state championship! Recognition was also given to Joy Young and Robert Cianciulli for their service as board members,...
Board Games: Not What We Had on our Holiday Wish List
Questions surround recent board decisions and superintendent recommendations… The Berkeley Heights BOE may be taking advantage of having a new Business Administrator in place, who has not yet had time to review past BOE actions, or they may merely be doing what they do, which is ignoring any and all policy, law, guidance and public comment with which they disagree....
Preliminary Results on 2023 Proficiency for the Berkeley Heights Public School District- Math, Science, ELA and Algebra I
Results on the NJSLA have become recently available. Here is the text of the email I sent to the Board of Education on this data. I looked at the raw data on the NJSLA results for Spring this year and completed a year-to-year comparison. A few notes: This is a preliminary report of the data – I am not aware...
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