
The Price of Student Success
The Hidden Educational Costs Families Face It’s impossible to argue how much is “too much” to spend when it comes...

The Penna Bloc Shows A Crack
Laura’s Notes from the 03/30/2023 Budget Meeting The 3/30/23 Board meeting was a thing of beauty. People were passionate, and...

We Got What We Voted For
Another Embarrassing Process And Budget Was this year’s tentative budget meeting better than last year’s? In short, yes. We had...

The Penna Magic Show Continues
Slight of Hand on Serious Issues Has A Real Consequence We are navigating a process that continues to fail and...

Misinformation is the name of the game, and Dr. Varley is an expert.
Email Received From OPRA Request Demonstrates the District is Determined to Hide Information from the Public We (at BHCW) received...

OPRA: Your Right To Information
Why the Open Public Records Act is Important for Berkeley Heights Residents, How To Use OPRA and How We Can...

More Than Just Ethics: The First of Three OPRA Cases Validates Parent Concerns on District’s Costly and Improper OPRA Redactions
The Government Records Council (GRC), also known as the authority on government records, a/k/a documents requested under the Open Public...

There’s More; Pamela Stanley’s UnEthical Encore
After reviewing the School Ethics Commission’s initial ruling, I realized there were 3 additional violations against BOE Member Pamela Stanley...

A Loud Voice for Police in Schools
by John Leo & Laura Kapuscinski We support Police. Moreover, we support having an appropriately trained officer in each school...

Pamela Stanley, Ethics and the Gift that Keeps on Giving
On January 31, 2023 the School Ethics Commission denied Pamela Stanley’s Motion to Dismiss allegations of ethical violations against her...