How the Number of Berkeley Heights BOE Meetings Compare with Neighboring Districts
Berkeley Heights is in the middle of the pack with an average number of Board of Education meetings over three...
Dr. Varley Resigns
In an email this morning, Dr. Melssa Varley resigned as Superintendent of Berkeley Heights Public Schools. We will not use...
Ho, Ho, Ho: Laughing All the Way
The Rules Surrounding Transparency Continue to Not Matter…. I recently wrote about an exchange involving my own OPRA request, and...
BHCW 12/17/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter starts with a snapshot of raw data on...
Board Games: Not What We Had on our Holiday Wish List
Questions surround recent board decisions and superintendent recommendations… The Berkeley Heights BOE may be taking advantage of having a new...
Preliminary Results on 2023 Proficiency for the Berkeley Heights Public School District- Math, Science, ELA and Algebra I
Results on the NJSLA have become recently available. Here is the text of the email I sent to the Board...
90 Thousand Reasons the Berkeley Heights Public School District Needs to Hire a New Law Firm Next Year
And Why Other NJ Districts Should Reconsider Hiring “Mega-Firms” Our favorite law firm, Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs, hit the...
What It’s Like to Ask For Basic Documents from the Berkeley Heights School District
A recent example Illustrating why OPRA Laws Cannot be Weakened I am posting this conversation to illustrate how the District...
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round
Questions on the District’s Data Collection Processes Involving Students Remain Surveys have long been used as a vehicle for collecting...
Role of BOE Members and the Current Race Against Change
The current majority can embrace the benefits of a split Board instead of working feverishly to maintain control. During a...