BHCW 08/27/2023 Newsletter
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All You Do is Complain
Over the course of the last two weeks this statement has reared its head yet again, along with the similar sentiment of ‘you never bring up the good things we do’. Admittedly, there has been a lot of anger on display over the past year, particularly as relates to the BOE, but it wasn’t always that way. In an effort...
Lack of Math Supervisor Leaves Berkeley Heights Public Schools Leaderless in a Key Content Area
Berkeley Heights is the only school district in the area with no administrative oversight for mathematics students, teachers, courses, and curriculum. -Written by an Educator in the Community Berkeley Heights Public Schools (BHPS) no longer has a math supervisor. The role of a math supervisor, particularly at Governor Livingston High School (GLHS) and Columbia Middle School (CMS), was essential to...
The 08/10/2023 Bill List – Another Concerning Snapshot
More questions about how District Funds are Being Used Arise….. -Sai Akiri, 2023 Candidate for Berkeley Heights Board of Education BHCW submitted the following OPRA request on 08/07/2023: Please provide under OPRA and common law right to know the following documents: Bill list for August 10, 2023 Board meeting Treasurer report for June and July 2023 Cash report for June...
Addressing the BOE Majority Narrative on the Busing Issue
The BOE Majority narrative is that the reasons behind the secretive process on who gets free busing, who has to pay and who gets nothing connect to safety. Here are the facts: (1) During the reconfiguration, the District went on and on about how there were no hazardous roads in town – even as parents wondered out loud as to...
John’s Notes on the 08/10/2023 BOE Meeting Part III
On the NJGPA Portion of the 08/10/2023 BOE Meeting At the last BOE meeting, residents might have gotten a different impression of the District’s proficiencies than reality. That may be because the District was required to present on the NJGPA, which only tracks rising seniors. BHCW has been reporting on data on all grades in all schools within the District. The reason I bring this...
At This Point We Need to Ask Difficult Questions About the Busing Game
Something feels really wrong about the Busing Issue and We Should ALL Demand Answers Before I get into this I want to be super clear that my family does not use Courtesy or Subscription Busing and that if we did I would feel just as strongly – because at this point this whole thing stinks. I also had most of this...
BOE Candidate Email Points to Discrepancies in Busing Controversy
Contradiction between public statements by BOE Members and reported numbers to the State on Courtesy Busing If you have yet to pay attention, the issue is that some families with Subscription busing (those that pay for busing because they don’t qualify based on their distance from the home to the school of 2 miles) are having their services canceled by...
Why Are We Flooding?
Increased Flooding and What We Can Do. I’ve addressed it all in my own short time in this region: standing water after a “sort of” wet monsoon, flash flooding from tropical storms, and basement flooding. We have to ask, why are we flooding? There are a few reasons, but perception is the first thing to consider. We are hyper-aware of...
Questions To The Town Council Candidates – Question 2
Second in a Series of Questions to the 2023 Berkeley Heights, NJ Town Council Candidates Please explain how you see your role within the context of the Town’s Master Plan. Please identify one goal within the plan and expand on how you would go about advancing this goal in detail. Identify and explain one or more item(s) you would change,...
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