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Parent says settlement confirms earlier account of weapon and lockdown issues; urges board accountability
Summary
A Berkeley Heights parent told the board a settlement and memorandum of understanding confirm his 2022 account that a student brought a box cutter and that lockdown procedures failed; the board read settlement recommendations including a security review and parental-notification review.
Jared Weisfeld, a Berkeley Heights resident, urged the Board of Education on Jan. 20 to act on a settlement that, he said, confirms his November 2022 account that a student brought a box cutter to school and that a lockdown drill failed. "The parties agree that plaintiff's description to the school board at an open meeting in November 2022 was not erroneous," Weisfeld said, reading from the agreement and describing the incident in detail, including written threats discovered on schoolwork.
The settlement language, read earlier in the meeting at counsel's recommendation, lists four…
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