On March 14, Newton voters rejected Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s proposal to levy an additional $9,175,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for a range of infrastructure improvements, senior programming, the expansion and renovation of the Horace Mann School. The “No” vote was 10,566 to 9,428 in favor. By almost…
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Special March 28 School Committee public hearing. Future NPS Superintendent Dr. Anna Nolin weighs in on social media. A group of Newton Public Schools parents has signed a petition to form an Academic Principles Advisory Committee (APAC) that per the petition “will review and recommend revisions to the systemwide goals,…
The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in person (Room 210, Ed Center) on Tuesday, March 21 at 3:30PM. The subcommittee will meet initially in Open Session and then vote to go into Executive Session (see Notice):
The School Committee will hold a regular meeting in person (Room 210) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, March 13 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in-person (Room 111) on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 3:15PM and vote to…
The School Committee will meet in person only (Room 111) on Tuesday, March 7 at 2PM. The Budget Workshop agenda includes the following:
The School Committee meeting on March 1 began with Superintendent Kathy Smith’s regular update, during which she talked about the decision not to declare a snow day on February 28, and reported on ongoing NPS lobbying efforts in the community regarding the vote on the proposed override on March 14.…
Tamika Olszewski grew up in upstate New York, in Farmington, “the gateway to the Finger Lakes,” not far from Rochester. Like Newton, Farmington is suburban, with a sizable upper-middle-class population. In a predominantly white high school, she said that “everyone looked the same except me. I had to go to…
On Friday, the School Committee voted unanimously to select Dr. Anna Nolin as Newton’s next Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Nolin is currently superintendent of the Natick Public Schools, where she has served for almost 20 years in the roles of assistant principal, principal, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, and…
The School Committee Budget Resolution supporting the proposed override and two debt exclusions passed 8-0 during the February 6 School Committee meeting. Last week, Fig City News focused on a notable abstention from the vote. However, the remaining eight members, including the Mayor, unanimously approved the Resolution drafted by Chair…
The Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in-person (Room 111, Ed Center) on Monday, February 13 at 3:15PM initially in Open Session and vote to go into Executive Session (see Meeting Notice) in order to : The School Committee will meet in-person (Room 210, Ed Center, and…