Pamela Stanley, Anthony Juskiewicz and Board Attorneys: Lessons Learned, or Rather, Not Learned
Following up on the recent article, which shows emails obtained via OPRA from the Berkeley Heights Board of Education that are related to the incident involving Pamela Stanley and resident Tom Maciejewski, it is concerning that Mrs. Stanley doesn’t grasp the concept of what is ethical and what is not. While taking the picture isn’t an ethical issue, posting...
Clarification and Request for Action Regarding Pamela Stanley’s Misstatements
The following is an email from Edmund Tom Maciejewski to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education. Mr. Maciejewski is a resident of Berkeley Heights NJ. To date, Mr. Maciejewski reports he has not received confirmation that Ms. Stanley WAS acting in her official board capacity during the Starbucks Incident. The attachments linked afterwards are a response to emails Mr. Maciejewski...
Laura’s Notes on the Berkeley Heights 06/25/2024 Town Council Meeting
There was no one who presented during the public hearing on agenda items. The announcement was that the Senate President awarded the Township $250,000, which will go towards the lower Columbia repairs. A shared service agreement with Springfield Township for the CFO and Qualified Purchasing Agent was discussed. Donnelly raised that the hours listed are 15, but the individual being...
NJ21st 07/01/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. The newsletter begins with articles expressing questions and concerns surrounding the Townships’ attempt to get public buy-in on their attempt to secure control over school property. This is followed up by two responses we received from the BOE vice president and a BOE representative that provide some insight...
Part 2: One possible solution to the BHPSNJ Busing Issue
Addressing follow-up questions and conversation regarding adjusting school start times to provide for more busing -Written by a non-politically connected Educator in the Community As questions and commentary arose on our first article regarding staggering school start times for Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS), there are questions still to be answered. These are matters that should have been resolved from...
Questions the Rec Department & Town Council Should Answer Before Asking Our Schools for the CMS Field
The following is an email NJ21st sent to the Recreation Department, Mayor and Town Council… Good Evening, Three Areas We would Like More Information On: Revenue My understanding is that the recreation department holds events where it takes in revenue on BHSPNJ Property (playground camp for example). Can you please provide the total amount of NET revenue taken in by...
Response to Vice President Dipti Khanna regarding Lower Columbia Lease Agreement
Debbie Varnerin is Chair of the Berkeley Heights Recreation Commission and Resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ Dipti, I was disheartened to see your response to John Migues and the Berkeley Heights Community Watch when you ignored my email dated May 15th. As a resident and the Chair of the Recreation Commission am I not important enough, or vocal enough, to...
NJ21st 06/23/2024 Newsletter
Our newsletter starts and ends with concerns about the Town Council agenda this week. With a questionable set of decisions surrounding the CFO position and a one-sided narrative on the CMS Field issue- one has to wonder why the Mayor and Council Members focused their efforts on BOE issues they have little to no information on over the past month....
Shauna’s Notes on the 06/20/2024 BHPSNJ BOE Meeting
There were, perhaps, fewer fireworks during the latest BOE meeting, but plenty of anger and disappointment to go around. The good news is that despite the lengthy agenda, Board members moved through fairly quickly and on most items there seemed to be less that needed to be discussed and clarified before a vote. It does appear that things are moving...
Laura’s Notes on the 06/20/2024 BOE Meeting
We expect that remote participation will again be allowed during this meeting and that the public can comment via Zoom. Link can be found here. ADMINISTRATION E. Amend SI employment dates. Mr. Nixon will remain on his role as acting SI through September 30, 2024. F. Amend the acting principal role at GL. Ms. Bartlett will continue in her role...
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