School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
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Over the course of this fall, Newton Public Schools (NPS) presented its first comprehensive long-range facilities plan since 2019. This follows a Demographic Study and ten-year projection completed by Cropper GIS McKibben in late 2024, following the dissolution of the Underwood-Ward Task Force, which had been created by the previous…
School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 15 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes: Memorial Spaulding School Council will meet in person (Memorial Spaulding) on Tuesday, December 16 at 3:05PM. The agenda includes: Zervas Elementary School Council will meet in person…
At the end of two decades of rapid growth in enrollment after World War II, Newton Public Schools (NPS) was led by a pioneering Superintendent who oversaw major changes in curriculum that drew nationwide attention. Back then, the NPS had more power in determining its budget allocation, and the budget…
As NPS approaches its December break, the district’s fulsome response to Year 2024’s Ballot Question 2, the statewide repeal of passing the MCAS tests as a requirement to graduate from a Massachusetts public high school, is coming into clearer focus. Changes to NPS’ graduation requirements must conform to statewide requirements…
Following World War II, Newton was known as “one of the best school systems in the country.” James Conant, president of Harvard, called Newton a lighthouse that pointed the way to excellence in public education. Community organizations worked closely with NPS. Leaders of the PTA and the Newton Teachers Federation…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Countryside School Council will meet in person (School Library, 191 Dedham Street) on Thursday, December 11 at 3:15PM. See Meeting Notice with link to the agenda.
School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, December 3 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: School Committee will meet in person on Wednesday, December 3 in Executive Session to discuss salary increases for non-aligned staff. Location and time have not yet been…
For many, high school cafeteria food is not something to be looked back upon fondly. But a group of high school students at Newton North and Newton South see potential in the daily meals that their schools serve. This fall, Newton North student and leader of the school’s “Green Team”…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.