BOE and Administration are too confused and angry to bring the community together on a complex issue. John Leo Jr. Mid January, a student brought an airsoft gun to Columbia Middle school. ...
BHCW received an email from Natasha Joly sent to the BOE to be published. For reference, links to the Settlement Agreement and Video Clip Referenced are available at the end of the article.BOE...
I sent the following email to the BOE this morning and wanted to share it here as well. Good Afternoon,Schools are safe- the community-wide and national conversation on school safety is...
There are currently 118 individual screenshots of OPRA (Open Public Records Act) requests, from June 2022 to the present, on the district website. In an effort to parse this out and make it easier...
We discuss:-The District's Security Mess/Theatre-Newly obtained settlement agreement @ Dr. Varley's Nepotism Case-The first two Berkeley Heights BOE Meetings of the Year
There is a 15-page agenda with a 106-page attachment. BHCW reached out to the District last night as the policy revisions were STILL not publicly available until today. Buried in this mountain...
Sai Akiri Everyone attending a Berkeley Heights Board of Education meeting has fundamental rights, mainly the freedom of speech. Every resident or parent wanting to express their opinions, concerns,...
In this six-minute clip, parents and residents can notice: (1) Ms. Penna consistently interrupting and talking over parents while taking up their 3-minute space while advocating for decorum. While...
We've heard this from our Superintendent recently in conjunction with parent concerns over Building Thinking Classroom methods and the impact it is having on students. Our administration, across the...
Building the Thinking Classroom (BTC), on paper and in theory, sounds like a wonderful way to teach. Who doesn't want their child to be a critical thinker, able to come up with independent, creative...
