08/10/2023 BOE MEETING: 2023 BOE Candidate Questions & Remarks
Sai Akiri & Natasha Joly 08/10/2023 There are two seats open in the upcoming 2023 Berkeley Heights BOE Election. Two BOE Candidates were present for the 08/10/2023 Meeting. Topics discussed included: -The secretive process surrounding the hiring of the New Assistant Superintendent -The $300,000 Busing Controversy -Ms. Stanley’s denial of a District Proficiency Report Follow Us on YouTube
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...
Additional Thoughts on the 06/29/2023 BOE Meeting
BOE Candidate Sai Akiri Responds to Gale Bradford’s Speech -Sai Akiri At the special board meeting called on June 29, 2023, two key administrative positions were appointed with zero community input while the entire board was not present. This calls attention to the critical need for more regularly scheduled board meetings. According to state laws, bills cannot be approved at...
A Costly Gamble
The OPRA Custodian is missing the mark and it may end up costing the District more money. Many parents have received the following limited availability email from the designated OPRA custodian Mr. Hopkins: So the key question is, who is fulfilling the OPRA requests within the seven business day timeline in accordance with the Open public records act? Some parents...
Sai’s Notes on the 06/29/2023 Agenda
More Secrecy, More False Crises, More Potential Violations…….More of the Same Per our policy 0162 on notice for board meetings, a special meeting can be called for. In accordance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-9, upon the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members present, the Board may hold a meeting notwithstanding the failure to provide adequate notice if: 1. Such meeting is...
Nj Education Report PublisheS New Information ON BHPSNJ BudGet…..And It Doesn’t Look Good
NJED Report Op-ed from BHCW Contributor Uncovers a Potentially Significant Problem on Medical Benefits in the BHPSNJ Budget NJ Education Report published an Op-Ed from Sai Akiri alleging significant distortions in how the Budget is being presented to the Public. The article states the District is inflating the cost of Medical Benefits and that dollars budgeted for Medical Benefits are...
Policy 6220 – Your Right to the Budget Process
Is the District Violating Its Policies in Locking the Public Out of The Budget Process? Most Berkeley Heights residents can agree that the Berkeley Heights Public School Budget has been an embarrassing process for our community for the past two years. There is still much to unpack, and it is most helpful to parse out the concerns in a digestible...
Pamela Cosplays Board Administrator Kot
-Sai Akiri If you watched the 3/30 BOE meeting, it is understandable if some walked away with that question in their minds. There were multiple questions on the courtesy busing about the number of children, the cost included in the tentative budget, and so on. Julie Kot was unable to answer them. Rather surprising since the tentative budget she presented...
Julie Kot Continues to pretend the Budget is Classified Information
Access to the Budget Shouldn’t Be This Difficult. -Sai Akiri It’s March 29, 2023, almost two weeks since the preliminary budget meeting on 3.13.2023. The public saw the preliminary budget as a mere presentation for the very first time during the last board meeting. The presentation by the business administrator Ms.Kot should have been posted on the district website ahead...
NJ Education Report on Berkeley Heights Public School Budget COncerns
NJ Education Report, ” a non-partisan, nonprofit platform dedicated to providing insight into education news, policy and politics on a local and statewide level” published an article on the Berkeley Heights Public School Budget based on the concerns of former BOE Member, Local Resident and BHCW Contributor Sai Akiri… Link to Article
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