Mayor Warren requests external review of School Committee practices
Newton Mayor Setti Warren is calling for an independent review of School Committee governance to ensure future committees “can operate effectively as a group” following the controversial handling of anti-Semitic incidents at F.A. Day Middle School, The TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports.
In an unusual move on Monday, Warren emailed the entire School Committee listing four actions he argued should be taken following a series of TAB stories about an outside investigator’s report on graffiti incidents at Day
Less-redacted report fills in some gaps about anti-Semitic incidents at Day Middle School
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.
Newton Schools spend $5K to fight state order to give docs to TAB
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
TAB: Newton Police probed seven anti-Semitic incidents at Day last school year
Jonathan Dame of the TAB reports the just-received results of a public records request related to anti-Semitic incidents at F. A. Day Middle School during the 2015-2016 school year.
Independent review of anti-Semitic graffiti at Day Middle school turns up confirms earlier reports
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...
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