Admin Steps in it Again?
Dr. Varley’s recent email about the AP Class Controversy tells an interesting story. Update: A parent just contacted me to...
A Quick Agenda Overview For the 3/30/2023 Special (Budget) BOE Meeting
Were the Administrative cuts mentioned at the last BOE Meeting nothing more than Smoke and Mirrors? The agenda is out...
How Many Administrators Can Fit on a Fiscal Cliff?
After writing about Ms. Kot’s interesting version of why we are nearing a “fiscal cliff,” (just as we are approaching...
Fiscal Cliff? Or Money to Burn?
Our financial issues have nothing to do with teachers or special needs students. At the most recent Board of Education...
Eighty-Eight Percent: How The Berkeley Heights School District’s Legal Bills Nearly Doubled in a Year
It’s not entirely possible to pinpoint a single moment in time when things shifted in our school district, but it’s...
Peeling the Spin: A Condensed Look at OPRA Requests
There are currently 118 individual screenshots of OPRA (Open Public Records Act) requests, from June 2022 to the present, on...
Berkeley Heights School District Saddled with Current Attorney for Another Year
While it was clear at the end of 2022 that the Berkeley Heights Board of Education was not going to...
“Teaching is an Art”
We’ve heard this from our Superintendent recently in conjunction with parent concerns over Building Thinking Classroom methods and the impact...
Thinking Classroom: Where Are We Now, What Happens Next
Building the Thinking Classroom (BTC), on paper and in theory, sounds like a wonderful way to teach. Who doesn’t want...
Renewed Parent Frustration and More Poor Decision-Making from District Administrators
Implementing new teaching methods can be a wonderful way to spark a student’s interest or create a better and more...