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...
Pamela Stanley’s Ethical Failings: A Costly Lesson for Berkeley Heights Schools
Edmund Tom Maciejewski is a resident of Berkeley Heights NJ On Tuesday, June 11, at roughly 1:50 PM, my routine visit to Starbucks took a disconcerting turn. While enjoying my daily tea and a game of online chess, I found myself unwittingly thrust into a situation that underscored the ethical quandaries plaguing the Berkeley Heights Board of Education. In a...
Notes on the BHPSNJ 06/10/2024 BOE Meeting: Math Department Update
The District updated the website to include a presentation by the Mathematics Department. What is important here is that the District finally acknowledges parental concerns connected to Math without the dismissive condescension the community has experienced in years past. Much progress has been made in scaling BTC back, given the highly problematic lack of Empirical evidence supporting it and the...
Parent Expresses Concerns on Activity Fees
Context: We’ve received reports from parents of graduating students on emails/letters they’ve received in May concerning Activities Fees. We understand that these collection letters, arriving just two weeks before graduation and summer break, have caused significant concern and anxiety among students and their parents, as we’ve heard from the feedback we’ve received. When students and parents contacted the CMS principal,...
Proposed Changes to Policy 3211- Code of Ethics
Another Policy Item on the 05/30/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting Agenda Since every political and special interest in town doesn’t like our site – why not just bring up the teachers’ union? The main change to this policy involves language that appears to indicate that the only courses of action that can be taken concerning violating the code of ethics...
05/30/2024 BOE Agenda Notes on Proposed Changes to Policy 2411- Guidance Counseling
The first item of concern for me in the proposed policy is the removal of language that: (1) Indicates collaboration between the guidance office and teaching staff (2) Reaffirms the necessity of having licensed/certified guidance and counseling staff (3) Assures services are available to all students from pre-K through Senior Year Old Policy New (draft) Policy The policy...
Berkeley Heights Educators Express Concerns About Sidebar Agreement
Laura’s Notes on the 04/18/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting Education: B. Approve Sidebar Agreements (Attachment H). This resolution is for the pay rate of $50/hour for summer curriculum writing. We have heard from several educators who are opposed to this sidebar agreement as the pay for summer curriculum writing was at a per diem rate. To better understand how per...
04/18/2024 BOE Meeting Agenda – Legal Bills
Overall Costs Remain Stable Yet the Law Firm of CLeary, Giacobbe, Alfieri and Jacobs Get a Bigger Cut Compared to Last Year Despite being at a slightly lower spend from where we were last year on total legal spending (83k v. 86k), the law firm of Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs is on track to make more money. At this...
John’s Notes on the 04/15/2024 BHPSNJ BOE Meeting
Attorney RFP Passes while Zoom Access for Families Gets Shut Down by Two BOE Reps Who Promised they Would Work to Make it Happen…. Last night, during the special meeting, the BOE re-opened the RFP process for attorneys. Ms. Stanley’s argument against it ranged from “it will increase costs” (which is not true – the BOE can negotiate a per-diem...
Laura’s Notes on the 04/10/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting Agenda
The April 10 Board meeting will begin at 6:45PM. The purpose of this meeting is solely to interview 3 Superintendent search firms (in addition to NJSBA which was interviewed earlier this year). The search firms are: McPherson & Jacobson, Kathleen Helewa Educational Consultants and 4M Consulting. The interviews are slated to be conducted from 7-8:30PM allowing for 30 minutes for...
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