School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
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School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week.
In colonial Newton, the public school mission was clear: protect children against Satan by teaching them to read the Bible. After the Civil War, the school day still began with devotional activities, but there were more demands on the curriculum. The government wanted civics and heroic American history to unite…
Amid all of the national and global tumult, I think parents of Newton Public school students can cheer for a delightful success: added transparency this academic year. I have multiple kids in the public school system and have really enjoyed receiving the test reports from this year’s STAR and iReady…
This past school year saw extensive, and at times heated, political debate and discussion over Newton Public Schools (NPS) budgetary priorities. How do these numbers and spending categories shape what students and educators do every day? Fig City News interviewed Principal Kim Lysaght of Brown Middle School, who discussed how…
Adding to the deep pool of declared School Committee candidates for this November’s election, Arrianna Proia filed campaign organization paperwork last week to run as the Ward 1 (Nonantum and Newton Corner) representative. Ms. Proia confirmed to Fig City News with this statement: As a proud graduate of Newton Public…
Last day of school will be Monday, June 23 for K-12 students and Tuesday, June 24 for teachers. School Committee is not scheduled to meet this week. Countryside Elementary School Project will hold an online update (Zoom link) on Monday, June 24 at 6PM. Representatives from Public Buildings, CTA Construction, and…
Ed. Note: The author is the Ward 8 representative on the School Committee. Fig City News previously reported that he will not be seeking re-election in this November’s election. Background All too often when a doctor sees a patient with high cholesterol or blood pressure, the result is prescribing something…
Newton Community Education (NCE), the community programming organization under the Newton Public Schools (NPS), provided a generally positive financial status update to the School Committee on Monday, June 16. NCE had previously informed the School Committee of a pending insolvency in an October 31, 2024 memorandum, which cited reduced enrollment…
Two additional candidates for Newton School Committee have confirmed to Fig City News they intend to run, and as of this writing Fig City News is awaiting similar confirmation from an additional candidate who has filed with the Newton Elections Commission. Linda Swain will run, presently unopposed, from Ward 2…
School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 211) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 16 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes:
Forty-eight years before women had the right to vote, they were serving on Newton’s School Committee. The Massachusetts constitution limited voting to men but omitted the word “male” as a qualification for elective office. Women noticed. Suffragists began working to get women elected (by men) onto school committees. They thought…