Fuller pitches new plan for surplus funds
A month after the Newton City Council rejected Mayor Fuller’s plan for millions of dollars in surplus funds, Fuller is trying another approach. This time [...]
School Committee picks new leadership
The Newton School Committee has chosen its leadership for the new year, and Tamika Olszewski is out as chair. The committee—now with two new members-elect, [...]
Progress in Newton teacher contract dispute? Depends on who’s asked
Newton teacher contract negotiations are moving forward little by little, with the Newton School Committee offering slightly higher cost-of-living pay increases for the next few [...]
Teachers take to School Committee meeting to confront committee and mayor
Newton teachers confronted the School Committee and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller at Monday night’s School Committee meeting. “Mayor Fuller has said that, in her role as [...]
State board rules NTA convocation boycott was strike action
In a blow to teacher union collective bargaining strategy in Massachusetts, the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board has ruled that the Newton Teachers Association and its [...]
Newton student group joins teacher contract fight
Newton’s teachers are in a heated contract negotiation. The School Committee is asking for the state to step in. The new superintendent is making demands [...]
Teachers bring contract fight to School Committee meeting
When the Newton School Committee convened for its first meeting of the new school year—and, in fact, its first in-person open attendance meeting in more [...]
As negotiation sears in scorching September sun, Nolin tries to lower thermostat
In an email to families celebrating the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, Newton Superintendent Anna Nolin mentioned spending Labor Day weekend trout fishing, kayaking, [...]
NTA boycotts opening convocation, School Committee calls for strike investigation
The Newton Teachers Association organized a boycott of district activities on the teachers’ first day of the academic year, and now the School Committee is [...]
A conversation with Anna Nolin, Newton’s new superintendent
Dr. Anna Nolin is the new superintendent of Newton public schools. Photo by Bryan McGonigle An English teacher in rural New Hampshire once guided a [...]
Mayor Fuller announces excess of $40 million budget surplus
Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced on Friday a surplus of funds totaling more than $40 million in two city accounts. And she's calling for the [...]
NTA’s Zilles talks pay disputes, mediation and ‘work to rule’
Recently, Newton Teachers Association President Michael Zilles announced plans for a possible “work to rule” action as tensions heated up in the ongoing contract negotiations [...]
Newton School Committee seeks state mediation in teachers’ union talks
Contract negotiations between the Newton Teachers Association and the Newton School Committee are heating up, as the School Committee has requested mediation from the state [...]
Now what? Fuller says Horace Mann work will happen
The vote is over -- but the overrides aren't going away as an issue. After Newton residents approved two tax increases for school construction but [...]
Get Out and Vote: What you need to know
On Tuesday, March 14, Newton residents will finally go to the polls to vote on three ballot questions known as “overrides” that would raise an [...]