Newton School Committee sets school year end dates
The long, eventful 2023-2024 school year will come to an end during the last week of June. The School Committee approved Superintendent Anna Nolin’s end-of-year [...]
Why School Choice doesn’t completely cover per-student cost
According to the Massachusetts Department of Secondary Education, it costs nearly $24,397 a year to educate a student in Newton. But the Inter-district School Choice [...]
Newton School Committee approves new vendor for school cafeterias
The following first appeared on The Heights, an independent, nonprofit newspaper run by Boston College students, with which the Newton Beacon has formed a partnership. [...]
Newton high schools caught up on college applications process
Applying to college can be stressful enough already. And in Newton, the teacher strike in January and a problem with the online federal student aid [...]
OPINION: Public schools must be respected and protected
By Marcia Johnson A strong commitment to our outstanding public schools has long been a shared value of the Newton community. As our schools have [...]
Newton program looks to ‘contain’ plastics pollution problem
Plastic is a problem for the environment. And Newton North High School has become part of the solution, with a new pilot program offering reusable [...]
Nolin proposes 5.1 percent increase for FY2025 schools budget
Superintendent Anna Nolin presented her first budget proposal to the Newton School Committee Wednesday night, calling for an increase of more than 5 percent over [...]
Newton Inspires has a big night, showcases rockstar Newtonians
Newton Inspires, a Newton Schools Foundation gala featuring five inspiring speakers with Newton connections, was held on March 14. Over 100 people attended the evening [...]
Fuller: Schools will need Proposition 2 1/2 override
Mayor Fuller met with the City Council Committee of the Whole recently to get budget talks started and highlight some of the city’s financial goals [...]
Building Boom: Why public building projects are having a major moment in Newton
Newton is in the midst of a construction renaissance, with the city’s government modernizing the city brick by brick, beam by beam and village by [...]
Newton Schools Foundation to host ‘Newton Inspires’ fundraiser
Newton students have gone on to do great things, and this month you can see that for yourself while helping more students thrive. The Newton [...]
Demographer forecasts Newton school district’s future
Newton is just a few years away from a housing turnover that could dramatically change the city's make-up and replenish enrollment in its schools, according [...]
Families navigate problems in Newton schools during canceled February break
Newton’s schools are in session, but learning is different during the week that would have been the district’s February vacation, according to parents. Teachers and [...]
Judge calls lawsuit ‘moot,’ so parents file new one
Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Christopher Barry-Smith on Tuesday squashed a class-action lawsuit sought by three Newton families against the Newton Teachers Association and its [...]
Newton school enrollment trends suggest pandemic exodus may have ended
There’s been a lot of talk in Newton about the city’s declining public school enrollment, caused by widespread frustration over COVID-019 closures and protocols. But [...]