Following the week of February 12, when Superintendent Anna Nolin, School Committee Chair Chris Brezski, and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller conducted a presentation and discussion for Newton’s City Council regarding next steps for the Newton Public Schools (NPS) after agreeing to the recent contract with the Newton Teachers Association (NTA), the…
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The Finance Committee met on Monday and voted to establish an NPS Educational Stabilization Fund and fund it with $22 million (see NewTV video). Chief Finance Officer Maureen Lemieux presented the item to the Finance Committee and explained that the impetus to create the fund began when the City accumulated a…
School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Ed Center) and virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Monday, February 26 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: School Committee will meet in person (Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 26 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the…
NTA Lawsuits Resolve and Evolve, Assistant Superintendent Departs. On Monday February 12, Mayor Fuller, School Committee Chair Brezski, and Newton Public Schools (NPS) Superintendent Nolin conducted a public meeting with the entire City Council. The meeting’s topics included discussion of the provisions of the recent contract agreement with the Newton…
There are no School Committee meetings this week. The School Committee Chair and Superintendent will host two open forums for Newton community members, as opportunities to ask questions and learn more about upcoming budget discussions, the new contract, new and existing supports for students, and more. Submit questions online here.…
In a recent Boston Globe op-ed, former Newton School Committee member, Matt Hills, dismissed the impact of the prolonged contract negotiations and strike claiming the final result was practically so close to the school committee’s initial proposal to render it meaningless (or in his words “much ado about nothing”). A week…
For two weeks, from January 19th to February 2nd, I was out of school. My educators were on strike, negotiating with the Newton School Committee in hopes of settling a contract. For the first three days, I felt promise. While little ground was made during negotiations, I felt proud of…
The scheduled February 8 School Committee meeting — the first meeting since the end of the Teacher’s Strike — exceeded three hours to complete its full agenda. Superintendent Anna Nolin began the meeting with the Superintendent’s Update, and she used this time to address the School Committee with prepared comments…
School Committee will hold a joint meeting with the City Council in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 12 at 7PM. The agenda focuses on a discussion of the State of the Schools with a presentation [UPDATED version] by the Newton Public Schools.
On a cold Monday morning — following a weekend of behind-the-scenes discussions among Newton Public Schools (NPS) administrators, staff, and PTOs regarding appropriate ways to welcome student back — Newton Public Schools opened for classes on February 5 for the first time in 18 days. Superintendent Anna Nolin told Fig…
School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Ed Center) and virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday, February 8 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Joint Meeting of the City Council and the School Committee originally scheduled for February 8 to discuss the State of the Schools has been canceled.…
The School Committee met with Superintendent Anna Nolin on February 1 to discuss ways to adjust the school calendar to make up for days lot in the Teachers Strike. After the strike ended on February 2, the Superintendent issued a memo on February 3 describing how the school calendar will…