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City Council Meetings – Week of 11/23/2025

City Council is not scheduled to meet this week. Zoning and Planning will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 24 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 24 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Land Use will meet…

Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 11/23/2025

Newton Fair & Affordable Housing Partnership will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 24 at 5PM. The agenda includes the following: Youth Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 24 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Council on Aging will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday,…

NPS Community Math Night: “The Right Math at the Right Time: Depth, Confidence, and Lasting Understanding, not Speed” [UPDATED]

NPS’s Math Night presentation emphasized three elements: the data the district is using to both support changes to the math curriculum and determine how students will access them, the anticipated pathway possibilities within middle school and high school math curriculum options, and the budget needs to effect these changes.  Setting…

Four officers for 11,000 students: How Newton’s School Resource Officers balance safety and support

Newton’s School Resource Officers see themselves as guardians and mentors woven into the fabric of the City’s public schools. Overseen by Lieutenant Amanda Henrickson of the Newton Police Department’s Community Services Bureau, the four-officer team – two monitoring the high schools and two covering the middle schools, while assisting elementary…

School Committee caucus elects leaders. Superior Court denies NPS appeal

In its customary post-election leadership caucus, the School Committee members-elect met on Monday, November 17, in a public but unrecorded session and unanimously elected Alicia Piedalue (Ward 7) the following year’s Committee Chair and Jason Bhardwaj (Ward 3) Vice Chair. Those voting were the members-elect, including Mayor-elect Marc Laredo, who…

City Council Meetings – Week of 11/16/2025

Finance Committee will hold a special Tax Classification Hearing in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: City Council will meet on Monday, November 17 following the conclusion of the Finance Committee special Tax Classification Hearing. See Reports Docket…

School Committee Meetings – Week of 11/16/2025

School Committee will meet in a Leadership Caucus on Monday, November 27 at 5:30PM. Location has not been posted. School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) on Monday, November 17 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes: Other document: Revised School Committee Caucus and Regular Meeting Notice Ed. Note: This post has…

Board and Commission Meetings – Week of 11/16/2025

Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 17 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street, Newton Centre) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 17 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Youth Commission will meet…

Finance Committee – 11/10/2025

The Finance Committee approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): Held/Discussion: Present: Councilors Gentile (Chair), Malakie, Greenberg, Bixby, Lipof, Humphrey, and GrossmanAbsent: Councilor MicleyCity staff present: ADA Coordinator Jini Fairley, Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemieux, Commissioner of Public Works Shawna Sullivan, CPA Program Manager Mollie Hutchings,…

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