The Finance Committee and the Programs and Services Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 13th, and possibly, Thursday, April 14th evenings to begin their review of the NPS Budget. This will be the first of the budget reviews conducted by the Council. The Mayor will not present the budget until…
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The Ligerbots, is a student-run FIRST FRC robotics team made up of students from both Newton North and Newton South High Schools. The students are given six weeks to design and build a robot that competes with other teams to play a game. Throughout the rest of the year, the…
School Committee members want to know why they are being asked to weigh in on the lights at the high school athletic fields. At the April 4th School Committee meeting (starts around 2:11), the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, provided a presentation on the proposal to install lights at…
Last week, Superintendent David Fleishman informed the school community that he will be stepping down as Superintendent and leaving the Newton Public School system to become the President/Chief Executive Officer of JVS Boston, one of the largest providers of adult education and workforce development services in New England. Fleishman has…
The School Committee members expressed gratitude to the Mayor for the additional $1.5M in ARPA funds, but when it came to a straw vote to show support for the proposed FY23 budget with the restorations that had been discussed that evening, only 4 of the members – Olszewski, Davis, Prenner,…