The Programs & Services Committee convened last Wednesday night in a discussion of four departmental budgets: City Clerk, Newton History Museum, Newton Free Library, and the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department. With respect to the City Clerk’s budget, the committee learned there was a fifty percent decrease in staff at…
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In a speech to Newton residents and the City Council on Monday evening (text, NewTV’s video), Mayor Ruthanne Fuller presented a proposed FY2024 budget of just over half-billion dollars, an increase of $19.7 million (+3.94%) over last year, aiming to balance the City budget in the face of the failure…
To begin the April 27 School Committee meeting, two Bigelow Middle School educators were among the public comment speakers to advocate for staff restoration to address the middle school team sizes. Superintendent Kathy Smith followed the public comment period by giving her scheduled update, during which she congratulated the central…
During a special meeting on Tuesday, April 25, the School Committee voted to accept Mayor Fuller’s in-meeting proposal to transfer responsibility for making Newton Public Schools (NPS) employees’ Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) contributions from the NPS budget to the City budget. This proposal effectively rejected Ward 2 representative Chris Brezski’s…
Want to hear beautiful string music tomorrow played by 100+ Newton students protesting the cutting of Elementary Strings from the Newton school budget? On Monday, April 24 at 6PM, over 100 Newton Orchestra and Strings students of all ages from across the district will gather for Stringfest, a concert outside…