by Greg Reibman | Oct 15, 2017 | Education, Mayor's race, Newton, School Committee, Schools |
SEPAC, the Newton Special Education Parents Advisory Council, recently surveyed the candidates for school committee and mayor.
You can read the candidates written responses here.
by Marti Bowen | Sep 5, 2017 | Elections, Mayor's race, Newton, School Committee, Schools |
11% of Newton’s schoolchildren live in poverty – a 77% increase over the past 5 years. Children that qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch may lose those two meals during July and August One such action could be applying for the... by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 2, 2017 | Schools, Sports |
Mike Striar has brought this issue up in questions for both Gail Spector and Matthew Miller, but I feel it deserves its own thread. Mike’s position is that football is a dangerous game that has severe consequences for children, especially when it comes to... by Greg Reibman | Jul 11, 2017 | Schools |
The Boston Business Journal has just published a list of the 40 Massachusetts towns and cities with the best-paid teachers in 2016.Newton does not appear on the list. I wondered if this might have been an error so I contacted
by Gail Spector | Apr 4, 2017 | Budget, Schools, Setti Warren |
Mayor Setti Warren emailed the School Committee today to inform them that he is declaring a “health holiday” in the fall, an action that will add approximately $1.2 million back into the FY18 school budget. This move should reduce the anticipated deficit... by village14 | Mar 26, 2017 | Schools |
This Powerpoint presentation of the proposed budget contains some devastating cuts to elementary library services, increases to technology and transportation spending, and modest increases to user fees (including transportation)
by Julia Malakie | Mar 12, 2017 | Budget, Newton, Newton Corner, parking, Schools |
Hot potato! Which ward(s) may end up hosting about 40 school buses, at least during the day on school days, and according to this flier, even during summers? This came up at last week’s Lincoln-Eliot PTO meeting, and was posted on the Newton Corner googlegroup. And... by Greg Reibman | Jan 23, 2017 | School Committee, Schools |
Jonathan Dame and the TAB have obtained a less-redacted version of an outside investigator’s report of anti-Semitic graffiti incidents at Day Middle School.
Review the less redacted report here. Review the initial release of the report here.
by Greg Reibman | Jan 17, 2017 | School Committee, Schools |
From Wicked Local Newton…
The Newton Public Schools has paid its private attorney well over $5,000 to repeatedly oppose the public release of an investigative report completed last school year on anti-Semitic incidents at F. A. Day Middle School, the TAB has learned.
The Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office has now four times ruled the district is not providing enough justification for its extensive
by Greg Reibman | Jan 12, 2017 | Schools |
I will start by admitting that I know nothing about this except that someone suggested a start a thread about Sodexo, Newton’s new (I think) school lunch vendor? So, go for it? by Greg Reibman | Dec 13, 2016 | School Committee, Schools |
The TAB’s Laura Lovett has the latest on efforts to delay school start times for sleep deprived high school students. (Spoiler alert: Mike
by Greg Reibman | Apr 26, 2016 | David Fleishman, Newton, Schools |
An independent review of Principal Brian Turner’s handling of anti-Semitic graffiti incidents at Day Middle School this school year has been completed, Jonathan Dame of the Newton TAB reports. …“All of the facts that we learned were pretty consistent with what...
