On 08/2022 a resident made an OPRA request for legal bills between 5/20/21 and 5/20/22 on 08/2022 and the District provided overly-redacted bills that blocked out key […]
Tag: bhpsnj ethics
Did the Former Berkeley Heights BOE Majority Get Acquitted of an Ethics Violation by Admitting They Broke the Law?
Let me explain. On March 22, 2022, current BOE Member and former BOE President Angela Penna co-published what we now know to be an inaccurate letter to […]
Obstruction By Design: Three Policies the Old Berkeley Heights BOE Changed to Create Chaos For the New BOE
Written by a Berkeley Heights Community Member and BHPSNJ Parent Volunteer If you paid close attention to policy changes and revisions in the last 6th […]
Update to the Controversy Surrounding Dr. Varley’s Salary Increase
Answers Lead to More Questions I am still waiting for a response from the Board on what should be simple questions about the Superintendent’s Salary […]
BOE Member Gale Bradford Questioned On Letter of Support Involving Volunteer Organizations, Elected Officials and Others
Community Member Shares their Email to the Berkeley Heights Board of Education We received several emails and other communication from officers and members of volunteer […]
Did Dr. Varley Get a Raise Without a Board Vote?
And why weren’t Berkeley Heights Residents Aware of it? Update on 01/14/2023: The BOE DID Vote on this Increase but there is more to the […]
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 90K mark this month, taking […]
Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs Has Over 86,000 Reasons to Be Thankful for Berkeley Heights
I should start out by acknowledging that our District has taken a small step in the right direction by publishing the Bill List and Transfer […]
Sai’s Remarks During Public Comment Portion of 10/12/2023 BOE Meeting
Questions about the District’s Legal Representation Remain Unanswered While we may be growing tired of hearing about Dr. Varley’s nepotism issue, we are still with […]
10/12/2023 Bill List: More of Our School’s Dollars go to Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs
The link below is the bill list approved during the 10/12/2023 BOE. As expected, this month’s legal bills are lower; we suspect how bills are […]