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…
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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…
Two Newton City Councilors and a new member of the School Committee have announced they are not running for re-election in November. Ten-year veteran Ward 2 Councilor Emily Norton, Ward 6 Councilor Brenda Noel, and first-term Ward 6 School Committee member Paul Levy will leave office and focus on their…
The School Committee will meet in person (Room 304) on Monday, March 27 at 6PM and vote to enter into Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA (see Meeting Notice). The School Committee will hold an in-person Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 28 at…
A Cappella April! is coming to Newton South High School on Saturday, April 1 at 7PM. This one-night only, all-ages event features R & B/Soul/Pop a cappella group Ball in the House, with special performances by Newton student groups: Bigelow Beats, Brown Middle School A Cappella, The Northern Lights, and The Melocotones.…