by Village 14 | Sep 17, 2018 | David Fleishman, Newton North, Newton South, Schools |
Newton School Superintendent David Fleishman released this letter to the school community today….
Dear Newton Community:
For the past seven years, the Newton Public Schools have been the target of outside groups claiming anti-Israel bias in our history curriculum. These baseless claims, often reliant upon materials and documents taken out of context, are misleading and only serve to denigrate the hard work and professionalism of our skilled and dedicated faculty.
In recent months, the attacks have grown increasingly and unjustly personal. Our history teachers have been singled out, harassed and
by Sean Roche | Sep 8, 2018 | Schools |
“Due to a variety of industry issues, Newton and other communities are experiencing severe shortages of bus drivers.” So write Newton Public Schools officials in a letter to NPS bus families. The consequence of driver shortages? “[S]tudents riding our buses may experience delays or gaps in routes.”
https://twitter.com/newton_ps/status/1038423699190374400
Any hypotheses about what’s going to happen as a result of “delays or gaps in [bus] routes”?
I’m not an economics professor, but I’m gonna guess a pretty quick cure to the “industry issues” resulting in a driver shortage would be increased wages.
We are so misaligned in Newton on school transportation policy. Any child living within two miles of school has to pay $350 (up to a family cap of $700). And, now, because the city (through contractor Eastern Bus) is not paying drivers enough, that $350 doesn’t even get you decent service. Meanwhile, it costs nothing to drive to school.
Is it any wonder that streets around schools are choked with traffic?
by Julia Malakie | Apr 22, 2018 | Budget, development, Newton, Schools |
Nicely timed for just after tax day, and the announcement of Newton’s first $400M Budget, the Newton Taxpayers Association, is doing a presentation this Tuesday evening, April 24, at the Newton Free Library about our spending, debt and policies that affect our...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Apr 15, 2018 | Schools, STEM
Great news! This past weekend the LigerBots secured their spot in the World Championships in Detroit! Now that the team has gotten there, it needs to actually get there! The team, comprised of students from both Newton high schools, finished the 3-day New England...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 17, 2018 | Schools, STEM
So you’re sitting around on a Saturday, not really into the March Madness game that happens to be on CBS, so what do you? Here’s an idea, watch our own Newton Robotics team, the LigerBots! I’ll be in the stands and watching it all live from the North... by Village 14 | Feb 13, 2018 | School Committee, Schools |
Those were the words of WRKO radio talk show host Jeff Kuhner, who bills himself as “Liberalism’s Worst Nightmare,” speaking in front of Newton’s Ed Center last night, according to this report from the TAB’s Julie Cohen.
Cohen’s story doesn’t say if Kuhner is a Newton resident and she didn’t interview or
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 5, 2018 | School Committee, Schools |
Many of you probably received the same mailing I did promising “free hot cocoa, cookies & donuts” in exchange for you showing up to “protest bias & lies in the Newton School curriculum.” While not named in the mailing, the group behind... by Greg Reibman | Dec 8, 2017 | School Committee, Schools |
Boston Public Schools has just approved and published its list of new school start times, with 85 percent of its 125 schools moving to a new schedule this fall. I always respected (and even advanced) the arguments that moving school times is challenging because it... by Greg Reibman | Nov 6, 2017 | Affordable housing, Newton, Schools |
I’m afraid this important topic may get lost among the election news but the Globe has a story today about a study from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council which refutes the notion that building more housing in the suburbs means more kids in the schools.... by Jeffrey Pontiff | Oct 25, 2017 | School Committee, Schools |
NewtonHighSchools.com is parent-led organization that advocates for healthy high school start times. We asked School Committee candidates in the four contested races to answer three multiple choice questions, while giving them the opportunity to comment.
Read the results here.
As the author, my goal was to ask direct questions that the would not consume too much of the
by Greg Reibman | Oct 20, 2017 | Schools |
Massachusetts education officials released the spring 2017 MCAS test results on Wednesday and fewer of Newton’s students met or exceeded expectations than in years past, the Newton TAB reports. But Newton School Superintendent David Fleishman explains that this not... by Jeffrey Pontiff | Oct 16, 2017 | Newton, Schools |
Village 14 regular Jeffrey Pontiff, who is a director of the group newtonhighschools.com, submitted this.
The Newton City Council will consider a citizens’ petition (246-7) tonight (Monday Oct. 16) which reads:
“The City Council acknowledges the scientifically documented benefits of a later high school start time. The Council recognizes the paramount importance of the health and well-being of children, and as such supports the Newton Public Schools in taking action to delay high school start times.”
The petition is organized by newtonhighschools.com, an organization that advocates for a
