The School Committee will meet in person (Room 210 – Ed Center – SC members and staff only) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 5 at 5:30PM. The School Committee will initially meet in open session and then vote to enter into Executive Session to discuss the deployment of…
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Three City meetings, all on December 1, were announced too late to be included in Fig City’s Monday newsletter of Local Government Meetings and Reports: The Housing and Community Development Division of the Newton Planning and Development Department will hold a Special WestMetro HOME virtual (Zoom link) meeting on Thursday,…
Survey and Focus Group Results Shared by Recruiting Firm During a special meeting of the Superintendent Search Committee on November 28, the City’s recruiting firm Hazard Young Attea (HYA) presented the results of the community focus groups and surveys that were conducted during November, as well as the proposed Leadership…
Special School Committee Workshop will be held in person in Room 304, Ed Center on Monday, November 28 beginning at 2PM. The agenda includes the following: Superintendent Search Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 28 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: The Negotiations Sub-committee of the…
The Negotiations sub-committee of the Newton School Committee will meet in-person (Room 111 at the Ed Center) and vote to enter into Executive Session on Monday, November 21 at 3:15PM to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA, Units A-E and to conduct a collective bargaining session…
The Newton Public Schools Superintendent Search Committee is conducting focus groups — both in-person and virtual — with both NPS parents/guardians and members of the overall Newton community. Topics to be covered include: Each focus group is one hour. There are several dates and times available November 17-20 for individuals…
Since Monday’s Fig City Local Government Meetings & Reports, several additional meetings have been posted: The Newton Citizens Commission on Energy will meet virtually (Zoom link) TONIGHT, Wednesday, November 16 at 7PM and will hear updates on the Residential Sector working groups, which began meeting on November 8 and November…
The November 7 School Committee meeting began with five NPS high school students winning the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents Academic/Blumer Book awards: There were eight public commenters, a large amount compared with most public comment periods, addressing NPS’ announcement during the October 27 School Committee meeting that, due to…
There will be two NPS meetings in Executive Session this week regarding collective bargaining with the Newton Teachers Association:
The search is underway for the next Superintendent of Newton Public Schools, and the Search Committee has opened a survey to solicit community feedback to inform the School Committee’s work in recruiting, screening, and interviewing candidates. This survey will be open until November 21. See the Search Committee’s web page…