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News from the Newton PTO Council

PTO Council says vote YES,YES,YES on Override Package

Last week, the Newton PTO Council voted overwhelmingly to support the Mayor’s proposed override package.  A yes vote on the override package, which includes three ballot questions, insures that the children of Newton get the education they deserve, in facilities that address their needs.

Our schools are facing serious enrollment issues, budgetary pressures, and deteriorating facilities.  For Newton to continue to uphold its standard of educational excellence, we need improved buildings, more teachers and greater funding for our schools.

To receive the full benefits of this override, the three ballot questions should be viewed as one.  One ballot question provides for a debt exclusion to finance the reconstruction Continue reading →

PTO Council endorses the Override proposal

The Newton PTO Council voted on January 15th to to endorse the upcoming override proposal. The special election will be held in Newton on March 12th.

For additional information about the proposals and opportunities to join Mayor Setti Warren, his staff and Superintendent David Fleishman as they present on the override and answer your questions, please visit the Building Newton’s Future website.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Newton Community Celebration

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND the 45th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Newton Community Celebration on Monday, January 21st, 9:30 am at Temple Beth Avodah.

Honored Guests
Mayor Setti D.Warren
Superintendent of Schools – David Fleishman

Reflections by Newton School Students

Musical Selections by: Newton All City Treble Singers
Newton North Jubilee Singers
Myrtle Baptist Church’s – The Love Tones

PLEASE BRING non-perishable food items, which are being collected for donation to the Newton Food Pantry.

Convened by the City of Newton, Newton Interfaith Clergy Association, the Newton School Department, and the Foundation for Racial, Ethnic &Religious Harmony

Major Sponsor
The Village Bank

Celebration Location:
Temple Beth Avodah
45 Puddingstone Lane
Newton Centre, MA. 02459

Event Flier available here

School Budget Guidelines

On December 9th, the School Committee discussed Draft 3 of the FY15 NPS Budget Guidelines.  To view the Guidelines, please click here.

If you would like to share your perspectives with or make any inquiries to the members of the Committee, please visit the Contact Us page or to reach all members, email schoolcommittee@newton.k12.ma.us

The 21 schools that make up the PTO Council unanimously passed a resolution in the spring to pursue sustainable funding for technology access devices.

Newton PTOs have been almost exclusively funding the purchase of technology access devices ever since they were introduced to the classroom.  Now, in 2013, as the role of technology in our world has steadily expanded for 30 years, we have reached the point where PTO funding for these devices is no longer feasible.

As the budget unfolds, the PTO Council sincerely hopes to see a realistic line item in the budget for sustainable funding of technology access devices.

 

Next PTO Council Meeting – IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE

The date and location of the next PTO Council meeting have been changed.  The new date is Tuesday, January 15, 2013,  7:30 pm, and the new location is the Newton North High School Lecture Hall.

Mayor Setti Warren will be attending this meeting to talk about the proposed override.  After the Mayor presents, the Council will have a discussion and decide about taking a vote as to whether to support the override.  We would appreciate it if at least one representative from each school can attend the meeting, so that the vote can reflect the greatest number of council members.

If you haven’t already done so, please remind your newsletter editors to include NPS’s new Coordinator of Communication and Community Engagement, Megan Smallidge, on your newsletter’s email distribution list.  Her email address is NPSnews@newton.k12.ma.us .