BOE Document Drop for December 2023: More Questions on Transportation
Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for December 2023 and Team Notes Questions and Comments on Finance and Facilities & Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes from the Team: Finance and Facilities: Why wasn’t the transportation report in the agenda on Jan 18th and why if it was to be ready for Jan 18th, is the public not able to see it?...
Obstruction By Design: Three Policies the Old Berkeley Heights BOE Changed to Create Chaos For the New BOE
Written by a Berkeley Heights Community Member and BHPSNJ Parent Volunteer If you paid close attention to policy changes and revisions in the last 6th months, you may have wondered why so much was being done regarding policy changes in a short period. Speculation aside, two uncontested community members ran for two open Board seats. This shift in Board members...
2023 Audit & 2024 Budget Question 1: General Administration- Support Services Spending
Questions on the Berkeley Heights Public School Audit The following is the first in a series of articles about questions presented to the Berkeley Heights Public School District Business Administrator on the 2023 Audit submitted to the State of NJ before Berkeley Heights families and taxpayers could review the document and ask questions contrary to state statute and our historical...
Shauna’s Notes on the 2/13 BHPS BOE (postponed) Meeting Agenda
Audit, Superintendent Search & “XX” This will be a special meeting of the Berkeley Heights Board of Education, so there is very little on the agenda. What IS there is worth a look. William Swisher of Suplee Clooney & Co. will present the audit to the board. This is the audit that the State of New Jersey says should be...
Congratulations Ms. Bradford- It’s Time to Get to Work
Email sent to Ms. Bradford, Board of Education and County Superintendent Dear Ms. Bradford, Congratulations on securing the position of President for the Berkeley Heights Board of Education. It is my hope that moving forward you will act as an impartial facilitator of meetings. I want to present some of my concerns so you can be aware of the guidance...
Fact Checking Dr. Varley’s “Exciting News” Email on NYT Article and BHPSNJ Math Proficiency
BHCW received the following email from a parent to the BOE regarding an email Dr. Varley sent this morning with a NYT PDF. In this email, Dr. Varley appears to celebrate what the NYT data demonstrates. Here is a copy of the email text: Good evening,I’m deeply confused at what you have categorized as “exciting news” in your district-wide email...
BHPSNJ 2024 Budget Prep Part 2: ACFR 7-District Dashboard
In order to further inform the public in preparation for the 2024 Berkeley Heights Public School District Budget Discussions, we created a spread sheet comparing all seven districts on the dashboard on areas within the ACFR. The ACFR is a document that Districts submit to the state with information on enrollment, revenue and spending in various areas and other information....
Notes on the 02/06/2024 Town Council Agenda
All-Inclusive Playground- Update: This item was removed from the Agenda on 2/6/2024 As we’ve reported, the Township appears to be moving forward with an “all-inclusive” playground at CMS; however, this did not appear to be an agenda item for either of the BOE Meetings in January, and the Town Council Liasion for the BOE (Gale Bradford) has not mentioned this...
Why Does the State of NJ Have Our Audit Report Before The Presentation to Our Community & BOE ?
The disregard BHPSNJ Administration has for our Community Continues…. On January 18th, Shauna informed the community that the District was late on its Audit. She also cited N.J.A.C. 18A:23-5 which states: Within 30 days following the receipt of the report of the annual Audit the board of education of the district shall, at a regularly scheduled public meeting, cause the recommendations of the auditor...
Letter supporting Dipti Khanna for BOE President
The following is an email received from Helen Gabara, Berkeley Heights Resident and Parent, to the County Superintendent Daryl Palmieri in Support of Ms. Khanna for BOE President. Mr. Palmieri’s email address is [email protected] The majority of Berkeley Heights citizens who voted for BOE members in November have chosen new board members who vote mostly opposite of how Ms Penna ...
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