Tuesday’s School Committee meeting did not have a public comment period, and began with a typical update from Interim Superintendent Kathy Smith. After Dr. Smith spoke, Committee member Cove Davis (Ward 8) requested that the Superintendent address concerns in the community about low Advanced Placement Math test pass rates for…
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Understanding our Differences has a 45-year history of providing unique, hands–on disability awareness programs to 3rd–5th graders. By exposing young children to what it’s like for a person to live with a disability, UOD creates the beginnings of compassion that lasts a lifetime. As a person with a disability, I…
Set to take the reins at the Newton Public Schools on July 1, Dr. Anna Nolin will be the first permanent female superintendent in the city, overseeing a district of 11,717 students that is still getting back to a place of normalcy since the Covid pandemic. She begins her job…
Making connections is what Angela Pitter does, professionally as CEO of the LiveWire Collaborative and as a community activist. She is the founder and CEO of a digital marketing consulting firm, a former six-year member of the Newton School Committee, and a member of the board of the Charles River…
At a special meeting on March 28, the Newton School Committee heard hours of testimony in a public hearing, after which all nine members of the Committee voted to reject a petition to establish an Academic Principles Advisory Committee. Two-hundred-fifty people had signed up to address the Committee in-person and…
According to a press release from the Newton Public Schools (NPS), the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education has notified NPS that OCR has closed its investigation of allegations of discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin regarding the staging of Lost and…
Presented last Wednesday, the proposed budget for FY2024 has created – among many other things – a new topic for conversation. While the verdict of the override was released March 14, it’s the proposed new budget that, when implemented, will determine where and how funding is allocated as well as…
Negotiation Subcommittee will meet in-person (Room 210, Ed Center) on Monday, April 3 at 1PM and enter into Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA (see Meeting Notice). School Committee will hold a special meeting in person (Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on…
250 people sign up to make public comment On March 28, the School Committee convened for a special meeting, as mandated by the City Charter, to conduct a public hearing regarding the petition for an Academic Principles Advisory Committee (APAC), as described in this article by Fig City News. The…
At its March 29th meeting, the Newton Retirement Board included two budget funding presentations: one from Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the other from City Council Board President Susan Albright and Ward 2 School Committee member Chris Brezski. Both presentations were in response to the March 14th failed operational override. Mayor…