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Berkeley Heights board reviews self-evaluation, debates governance goals as meeting ends early over quorum
Summary
An NJSBA representative summarized the board's self-evaluation (average 2.1/4.0) and proposed board goals and action-plan worksheets; discussion of committee structure and accountability was cut short when members voted to end the public meeting after a quorum concern.
Jean Cleary, a field representative for the New Jersey School Boards Association, presented the Berkeley Heights board's self-evaluation summary and led a discussion aimed at developing board goals for 2025 during the Nov. 3 special meeting at Governor Livingston High School.
Cleary began by reading the district mission statement and saying the board's governance work should be guided by that mission. She reported that seven of eight board members and the superintendent returned the self-evaluation, which produced an average score of 2.1 on a 4.0 scale…
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