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2023 Annual Community Evaluation of the BHPSNJ Superintendent

We are pleased to announce the first Annual Community Evaluation of the Superintendent. The link to the evaluation below is open to Berkeley Heights Residents, Mountainside Residents, and BHPSNJ Staff. Name, Township of Residence, and email addresses are required to participate– however, BHCW will not share this information with anyone.  The reason for collecting this information is to make spamming the...
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Lawyers and Loss of Focus: Factors Likely Connected to the BHPSNJ Decline

My sixth and final email to the BOE exploring reasons connected to the Decline of Berkeley Heights Schools and How to Reverse It Last year the BOE Majority and Administration took strange and unprecedented steps in using District funding to ensure that a newly elected BOE Member and an agenda for change would fail.  Before Sai’s term, concerns about the...
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Possible Factors Connected to the Decline of Berkeley Heights Schools: Family Engagement

My Fourth Email to the BOE on Possible Causes for the Decline and Suggestion on How to Repair Them A tremendous body of evidence supports family engagement as necessary for successful outcomes in human services. Many studies have pointed to family engagement as leading to higher academic achievement, pro-social behaviors, and interpersonal effectiveness.   In its review of 51 Studies on...
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Impact of Reconfiguration & School Transitions on Students and the BHPSNJ Decline

My third email to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education on Possible Reasons Behind the BHPSNJ Decline What should have been a thoughtful and considered process on the reconfiguration of our schools turned into an obsessive, rushed campaign that sought to get FDK approved at all costs with no consideration for the future. There was already a predetermined path with...
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BHCW 05/21/2023 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights this Week….. Online Newsletter 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...
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Reassignments, Resignations and the Berkeley Heights Public School District’s Decline

The First of Several Emails I will be sending to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education Exploring the Reasons For the Decline and How to Reverse It Last week I wrote a series of emails to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education and published articles outlining the drop in proficiencies, their relation to our significant drop in the rankings, and...
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Putting It All Together – Rankings, Ratings, Proficiency and Budget

Exploring a connection between proficiency, rankings and budget… I emailed the Berkeley Heights Board of Education and Superintendent the following summary (excuse typos): I would like to share with you the ratings and rankings themselves along with the Budget.  I’ve written about this before and I’m pretty certain you’ve read what I’ve written, however, it didn’t seem like you had any recollection of...
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