On January 16, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) released the results of a study of the past 20 years of the impact of the METCO program on METCO students and their suburban peers. This longitudinal study, conducted by Tufts University Assistant Professor of Economics, Elizabeth Setren, found that…
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On Sunday, January 14, over forty Newton parents, teachers, and elected officials met at the Scandinavian Cultural Center for an informal discussion about school funding. Horace Mann parents Alli Franke, Dan Evans, and Matt Mazer organized the meeting just days earlier and publicized it with the assistance of the Newton…
School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Tuesday, January 16 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: School Committee will hold a special virtual meeting (Zoom link) on Wednesday, January 17 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: NOTE: There will be no public comment taken…
Unresolved NTA Contract Overhangs Meeting Agenda. The School Committee meeting on January 8, consistent with prior meetings for the past few months, began with several public commenters advocating for higher City budget allocations to Newton Public Schools (NPS) in order to settle the outstanding negotiation with the Newton Teachers Association…
School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Monday, January 8 at 4PM (See Meeting Notice) to: The School Committee will reconvene and meet in person (Room 210, Ed Center) and virtually (Zoom link) in Open Session on Monday, January 8 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the…
Monday, January 1, 2024, was a day of beginnings in Newton. At noon on the first — bright, sunny — day of the new year, the recently elected City Council and School Committee joined the Mayor in the City Council chamber to launch the opening meeting of the 2024-2025 session…
Newton Public Schools (NPS) will hold two community sessions in January to explain the upcoming “Portrait of a Graduate” project. The development phase of the project has been rescheduled to later this spring. In January, NPS invites all in the Newton community — with or without a current connection to…
Mo money, mo problems. As the rapper Notorious B.I.G. sang in 1992, more financial resources do not appear to have resolved the negotiating impasse between the School Committee and the teacher’s union. Following Sunday evening’s pledge by Mayor Fuller of additional funding for Newton Public Schools (NPS), Monday’s events illustrated…
In an e-newsletter sent on Sunday December 17, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced that she had indicated commitment for “70% of $26 million” in property tax Overlay Surplus funds to supplement the existing Newton Public Schools (NPS) budget. Background: Since the March 2023 operating override vote was not approved and the…
School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) in Executive Session on Monday, December 18 at 3PM to discuss negotiation and mediation strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Newton Teachers Association Units A,B,C,D, and E (see Meeting Notice). The Negotiation Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet virtually…