Laura’s Notes on the 11/14/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting Agenda
Report of the Acting Superintendent Recognition of National Merit Scholars Honoring our National Merit Scholars for their outstanding academic achievements. Presentation on School Counseling Program Dr. Janosko will present updates and highlights on our School Counseling program. Education High Impact Tutoring Grant The district has received a $10,200 grant, which will fund afterschool enrichment programs for students requiring additional support,...
NJ21st 11/09/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. Our newsletter opens with a major development: the recent OAL ruling against a former Board of Education majority that controversially used district funds to pursue an ethics complaint against a fellow BOE member and provides a brief summary of this ongoing, two-year-long case. Next, we delve into local...
NJ21st 10/25/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter begins with responses from Berkeley Heights BOE candidates Foregger, Behne, and Samson on our questions about academic achievement. We did not receive responses from candidates Debang, Moore, Terrero, Stanley, or Devanney. Next, we kick off a series examining the significant changes over the past ten...
Educator Responds to Debang, Moore and Terrero Ticket on BHPSNJ Proficiency
Test scores provide context alongside other districts -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Following up on a recent post on Berkeley Heights Community Watch from a Board of Education (BOE) candidate and a parent, the main source of school rankings originate from test scores such as the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA for students in Grades...
Laura’s Notes on the 10/17/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting Agenda
The Superintendent Report will include the NJSLA results (from Spring), a Special Education Presentation, and HIB/SSDS (Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying)/(I have no clue what the second acronym means). The Board will start the meeting by approving the meeting minutes from August 15 to the present, followed by the first reading of several revised policies. EDUCATION F. Shout out to the...
NJ21st 10/15/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter begins with our Annual review of proficiency-driven rankings of schools in the 7-District Dashboard and reactions from John and one Candidate to Dr. Moore’s (EIC Ticket) Candidate Statement. We move onto Laura’s deep dive on OPRA requests to the District and find that former BOE...
Comparing All Recent School Rankings on the 7 District Dashboard
Exploring how Berkeley Heights ranks sixth out of seventh in summary of school rankings…and how to improve them -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Earlier this week, Niche released its 2025 school rankings. Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) rankings took a nosedive while already being ranked under neighboring, comparable districts such as New Providence, Chatham, and Madison...
NJ21st 10/07/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. Three BOE Candidates (Dr. Foregger, Mr. Behne, and Mr. Samson) responded to our questions on Budget, while Ms. DeBang, Dr. Moore, Ms. Terrero, and Mr. Devanney did not respond. We discuss a further slide in rankings (Niche) due to the sliding proficiencies under the prior Superintendent and former...
Niche releases 2025 School Rankings
Berkeley Heights Public Schools declines, moves behind neighboring districts in rankings. -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community Niche has released its “2025 Best School Districts in New Jersey” rankings. A total of 388 school districts were ranked. The full list for New Jersey can be found here. During Dr. Melissa Varley’s last year as Superintendent, the rankings...
Zoning Board Approves Westminster Project
Residents expressed concerns about the Westminster project during last week’s Zoning Board Meeting, and the Township’s push-back on the project ranged from being anemic to nonexistent. The Zoning Board was threatened with a lawsuit, and the Township had previously allocated $10,000 for a defense; however, the Board approved the project. Deegan did not vote, West abstained, and Pereda voted “No”....
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