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…
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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…
School Committee will meet on the evening of February 7 in an open meeting (time, location, and Zoom link not yet posted) to reaffirm the votes it took in Executive Session on February 3 to approve (8 yes, 0 no, 1 absent) the tentative agreements reached with the Newton Teachers…
On February 3, Newton Public Schools (NPS) made available a ten-page presentation summarizing the key provisions of the agreement reached on February 2 for a contract between NPS and the Newton Teachers Association (NTA). Superintendent Nolin confirmed that NPS and the NTA also agreed to a return-to-work agreement and two…
In separate press conferences on the evening of February 2, the Newton School Committee and Newton Teachers Association (NTA) announced that moments earlier they had reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract that both parties said they are proud of. The School Committee will meet on Saturday at 10AM…