School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
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Newton’s Recycling Center Swap Shop is hosting a Give-Away event for NPS teachers at the Swap Shop (Recycling Center) at Rumsford Avenue on Friday September 12 and Saturday, September 13, 7:30AM-1:30PM. The Swap Shop volunteers say: “Welcome back, all Newton Educator and Support Staff who teach the Expanded and Core Curriculum!…
This mid-summer update about Newton Public Schools (NPS) includes news about who is running for School Committee in November, the status of Federal funding for schools, two lawsuits of note, and approval of PTO’s donations to NPS. School Committee races Following the July 22 deadline for School Committee candidates to…
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
Fig City News recently spoke with School Committee member Barry Greenstein, who announced in an Op-Ed last month that he is stepping down from the Committee due to his family moving out of Newton. Originally aimed to be an “exit interview” similar to that with Chris Brezski, touching on many…
School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, July 23 at 4PM for a special meeting scheduled for 30 minutes. An agenda has not yet been posted, but the title of the meeting on the School Committee calendar says it is to “Approve PTO’s.”
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
In colonial Newton, the public school mission was clear: protect children against Satan by teaching them to read the Bible. After the Civil War, the school day still began with devotional activities, but there were more demands on the curriculum. The government wanted civics and heroic American history to unite…
Amid all of the national and global tumult, I think parents of Newton Public school students can cheer for a delightful success: added transparency this academic year. I have multiple kids in the public school system and have really enjoyed receiving the test reports from this year’s STAR and iReady…