The May 18 regular School Committee meeting focused on the Committee receiving updates from district and school-level department heads regarding curriculum and programming reviews for engineering and computer programs, athletic departments, as well as voting on allocating budget funds for Math and English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum materials. Fig City…
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This article provides further details on the recommendations of the Newton Public Schools (NPS) Math Curriculum Committee as presented by Asst. Superintendent Gina Flanagan with support from Director of Mathematics Jen Shore and Newton North HS Math Department Chair Jen Letourneau at the May 11 School Committee meeting (see Fig…
This article provides further details on the Newton Public Schools (NPS) recommendations for the Social Studies curriculum, as presented by Eva Hughes with support from Gina Flanagan at the May 11 School Committee meeting (see Fig City News report). Embodying the continued consolidation of Central Office staffing at the district…
Newton School Committee will meet in Executive Session on Monday, May 18 at 5:30PM to discuss negotiation strategy re: Newton Teachers Association, All Units. See Executive Session notice. Newton School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 18 at 6:30PM. The…
The May 11 School Committee meeting ran four hours, which Supt. Nolin jokingly referred to as “The Superbowl of Curriculum,” complete with a “7th-inning stretch.” It included three departmental curricular reviews, a public hearing on School Choice, and updates from the Superintendent. Key votes were deferred to the next meeting. Curriculum…
Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in Executive Session on Monday, May 11 at 3PM to discuss impact bargaining with the Newton Teachers Association, all units (see Agenda). School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 11. There…
I had accepted the narrative that Newton Public Schools (NPS) would have been fully funded, had “unforeseen costs” not arisen. A closer look at Mayor Laredo’s FY27 budget reveals this is a fiction. The numbers simply do not add up. While Mr. Laredo touted an increase for NPS of over…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Newton North High School Council will meet in person (Principal’s Conference Room 103, Newton North High School, 457 Walnut Street) on Monday, May 4 at 6PM. The agenda includes: Bigelow Middle School Council will meet on Tuesday, May 5, 2:45PM-3:45PM.
School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 304) on Wednesday, April 29 at 5:15PM in Executive Session. The agenda includes: School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, April 29 at 6:30PM for a regular meeting. The agenda includes: Franklin…
The NPS Reflections Program at Williams Elementary School in Auburndale is moving to what will be the newly reconstructed Franklin Elementary school beginning in the 2027-2028 academic year. The program is described as being for students requiring “extensive content modifications and instructional methodology that integrates functional skills and substantial related…
April Break is this week, and schools are closed. School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. School Councils are not meeting this week.
On April 13, the Justice Department announced that Mark Nacht of Waltham, MA, was arrested by the FBI in Albany, NY on April 10 for attempted enticement of a minor. On April 14, Newton Public Schools (NPS) informed the school community of the arrest, noting that Nacht was formerly an…