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KINGSLEY AND VARNERIN ENGAGE IN CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE AS RESPONSE TO BACKLASH

The shock waves from the RMC vote to oust Township Admin Liza reverberate through our township. Statements made by Varnerin and Kingsley with disingenuous apologies embedded into failed attempts to reassign the blame have failed miserably. Instead of apologizing, they pull out all the stops to pretend this wasn’t their fault. The vote was political retaliation for a host of...
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Competent Town Admin fired because the Kingsley Tribe is mad about losing another mayoral election

UPDATE: a petition has been created by residents encouraging the Town Council to reverse their decision and hire Liza back. As the number of parents who are questioning the competence of the Superintendent and District’s Business Manager grows exponentially (to the point now where the Board Attorney and BOE President appear to be infringing on resident’s rights to speak through...
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BTC – The Struggle is Real

It’s been just over a month since the November 1st information session on Building Thinking Classroom. It was at this session that I became aware of this approach to teaching math and that there were parents who were very upset over the implementation of this approach. Since then: 1. The administration took less than one day to re-evaluate and moved to a more...
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Berkeley Heights Public Schools BTC Parent Survey Final Results

The BTC Math Survey has reached 107 responses. Here are the FINAL results.  107 responses for 135 Children 82 Parents (77%) Agreed or Completely Agreed with the Statement:“My child has expressed feeling more confused in math classes. 82 Parents (77%) Disagreed or Completely Disagreed with the Statement:“My child has maintained or improved their math grade without having to complete extra assignments since...
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Renewed Parent Frustration and More Poor Decision-Making from District Administrators

Implementing new teaching methods can be a wonderful way to spark a student’s interest or create a better and more thorough understanding of material. It can just as easily lead to confusion, frustration and lessened motivation for learning, which is what we have seen over the past two to three years in our district with the move first to the...
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Tisha’s Comments To The BOE on BTC

Several parents attended the 11/17/2022 BOE Meeting to express their concerns about the impact the District’s new model is having on their children’s learning experience. Tisha Mannino has shared her comments with BHCW for publication. At the end of Tisha’s article is a survey BHCW is offering Berkeley Heights parents as a means of informing the District on parental opinions...
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THANK YOU, Berkeley Heights!

First and foremost, thank you to the Berkeley Heights voters for your support and confidence in me. From my Mama Squad, softball Dad brigade to the many Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who took the time to vote, my most humble gratitude. To the text groups who kept me laughing daily, with funny videos, silly jokes and even-keeled perspective (and you...
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