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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...
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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...
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Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Notes for May 2024

In 2024, the Berkeley Heights Board of Education voted to make all BOE Committee Meeting Minutes Publicly Available on the District Website. Here are quick notes on the 05/2024 Committee Meeting Minutes with links to the full documents. Finance and Facilities 05/29/2024 Highlights Surveys on Menu Items for Elementary School Students discussed Despite the decision not to increase Activity Fees,...
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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...
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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...
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Laura’s Notes on the 6/10/24 Berkeley Heights BOE Agenda

We expect that remote participation will again be allowed during this meeting and that the public can comment via Zoom, which can be found here. The meeting will start in the GL Cafeteria, whereupon the Board will adjourn into Executive session. Following the Executive session, the Board will reconvene in the GL Auditorium for a public session, where the night...
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Academic Goals: Shauna’s Notes on the 05/30/2024 BOE Meeting

Academic Goals -this is what is at the heart of every district, and there has been a lot of recent discussion about the Berkeley Heights Public School rankings.  Data given at the May 30th Board of Education meeting shows that we have made modest-to-significant improvements during the last period for which we have reports. The tools and exams used to...
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