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....
NJ21st 06/16/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. The first two articles in this week’s newsletter focus on some unanswered questions connected to the BHPSNJ Math Presentation during the 06/10/2024 BOE Meeting and an update on the Collaborative Consultative Model. It moves on to a summary of the 06/10/2024 BOE Meeting Agenda, clarification on the vote...
NJ21st 06/09/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter continues the breakdown of last week’s BOE Meeting with an article from Shauna on Academic Goals and the steps the District is taking to continue progress on improving academic proficiency. Shauna follows up with a response to Town Council Member Susan Poage’s article regarding the...
A Response to Town Council Member Poage’s Letter to the Editor
Unity Means More Listening and Less Labeling Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is important when it comes to our schools. There’s no arguing that. And yet… argument is exactly what we’re seeing. I’m troubled that Ms. Susan Poage seems to be purposely misrepresenting new BOE member Kelly Hufnagel’s views on DEI to further the narrative of ‘certain group bad’. Ms....
NJ21st 06/02/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with a packed and significant 05/30/2024 BOE Meeting that saw the appointment of a new member to the Board of Education, significant approvals connected to programming and staffing, and proposed changes to impactful policies. We move on to another pretty funny (or sad) OPRA...
NJ21st 05/26/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. We start our newsletter with a brief recap of the year and our reasons for continuing this year. This week, we saw some incredible narratives spun in the community about the Superintendent Search and revisionist history on votes connected to Mr. Nixon’s appointment as Acting Superintendent. Our newsletter...
NJ21st 05/19/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. April and May are turning out to be two strong months for incoming subscribers to our various platforms and newsletters. We’ve also experienced increased interest from residents in other communities, which has prompted us to extend our reach and open our platforms to any community in the 21st...
BHCW 05/12/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts by outlining the progress made by the new Berkeley Heights BOE majority regarding the budget, transparency, transportation, and proficiency and points to a deliberate disinformation campaign by both local party machines to drown the progress made thus far Speaking of disinformation, this week BHCW confirmed and revealed...
BHCW 05/05/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. Our articles on busing this week (and for over a year) present all sides of the problem and an attempt to cut through the politicized, misinformed theatre surrounding this issue. We hope ALL residents on ALL Sides of this issue actively participate in the 05/07/2024 BOE Meeting – a valuable opportunity...
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