Please don’t park here
The City has designated the middle section of the Crystal Lake parking lot as a fire lane and painted big “No Parking” signs on the pavement. There is a serious reason for this. People parking in that area blocked emergency vehicles from driving to the...Students helping teachers?
There’s a lot of negativism about what might happen this coming fall when the schools reopen. Wouldn’t it be great if we could apply our creativity to this situation and come up with ideas that might produce a more positive learning environment for our...State publishes Initial Return to School Guidance
The Initial Return to School Guidance was published yesterday by the state DESE. This is as professional and thoughtful a document as I could imagine. Here’s the link to the DESE Covid-19 home page. There is so much in this document, including physical distancing...
1976 in Newton Center: Where’s the parking lot?
Has Ashish squared the circle?
Jake Auchincloss presents an intriguing possibility about fall school openings in his latest newsletter. Here: The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued its guidance to K-12 schools on reopening earlier in June. The protocols are meant...What should be the expectations for the fall?
In the early days of the Covid-19 shutdown, the School Committee and the Newton Teachers Association signed a Memorandum of Agreement concerning the expectations and responsibilities of the teachers and the City. This was a tumultuous time, and it would not be right...Delusional, prudent, or kicking the can down the road?
At a May 18 City Council meeting on the Mayor’s proposed 2020-21 budget, Emily Norton described the administration’s expectations with regard to state aid for the schools as delusional (4:19:17 and following on the video). In response and elsewhere during...Ask us
There was a lovely moment a few weeks ago when I received a phone call from the Newton Senior Center for the simple purpose of checking in with me, as a senior, to see how I was doing in the midst of the Covid-19 stuff. It was a thoughtful and meaningful gesture on...Back to Crystal Lake
I was viewing Crystal Lake activity on a warm sunny day this week, noting tons of children, teenagers and young adults mixing in close proximity. And that was just in the bath house, beach, and formal swimming area. I was to left to wonder whether it is better to open...Summer camps — some ideas
This NY Times op-ed, “How to Make Summer Camp Work,” by Aaron Carroll is not Newton specific, but it is certainly relevant to our local circumstances. A few excerpts, but worth reading the whole thing: Summer is coming fast, and parents are beginning to...The newest public safety problem
Now that the weather is nice and people are anticipating some kind of re-opening of society, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of cars and trucks on Newton’s streets, just as foot and bicycle traffic are likewise on the rise. But it seems that...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
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