Mike ZillesAug 165 minNTA EBulletin, August 16, 2020Save the Dates General Membership Meeting Thursday, August 27, 4:00 to 6:00 Zoom address to follow Monday, August 24, Meetings with Spec...
Mike ZillesAug 29 minNTA EBulletin, August 2, 2020Quick Links: Member Action to Support the NTA Negotiating Team sign a petition addressed to David Fleishman and the School Committee Ben ...
Mike ZillesJul 263 minNTA EBulletin, July 26, 2020Hope you are all doing reasonably well. It's still only July. Try to enjoy your summer as best you can. COVID-19 Update We received mu...
Mike ZillesJul 193 minNTA EBulletin, July 19, 2020There continues to be much concerning news. I am sure, for example, that most of you have already read about the recently published study...
Mike ZillesJul 1320 minJuly 12 EBulletinThings are moving rapidly nationally, at the state level, and locally, and these developments set the context for our ongoing negotiation...
Mike ZillesJun 272 minNewton Nurses to Begin Second Year Without a ContractNurses' Association Contract Negotiations on Hold; Rally at City Hall! Twenty-eight school nurses will rally this Wednesday at 4:00 pm at...
Mike ZillesJun 2710 minJune 27 E-bulletinIt is a time when collaboration among all stakeholders concerned with the education and safety of the children in our city and in our sta...
Mike ZillesJun 271 minSupport the METCO Community Scholarship FundFrom the Newton METCO Community Scholarship Fund Committee The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with...
Mike ZillesJun 213 minJune 21 EBulletinWe made it to the end! This has been one of the most difficult, most challenging years of my life, and I am sure, of yours as well. I h...
Mike ZillesJun 144 minJune 14 EBulletinThank you to all of you who have participated in an NTA sponsored focus group in your buildings. The participation rate has been fabulous...
Mike ZillesJun 73 minJune 7 EBulletinI think I speak for all of you when I say that each day reveals in fuller detail how dangerous, frightening and uncertain these times are...
Mike ZillesMay 306 minMay 30 EBulletinThis EBulletin will largely be a follow-up to David Fleishman’s Friday Update from May 23. I am putting it out early because I understand...
Mike ZillesMay 256 minMay 25, 2020 EBulletinWe have four weeks of school remaining. Distance Learning remains exhausting, exacerbated by so much uncertainty. Even as states begin r...
Mike ZillesMay 175 minMay 17, 2020 EBulletinOn Friday, you received an email from David Fleishman in which he references a conversation between him and me in which we shared how for...
Mike ZillesMay 115 minMay 10, 2020 EBulletinI hope all is well, and that everyone is surviving these times. Like all of you, this just seems to go on and on--with no clear end in si...
Mike ZillesMay 36 minMay 3, 2020 EBulletinI hope you were able to enjoy some of this glorious weather this weekend. Finally, spring is here, and it looks like the weather will be ...
Mike ZillesMay 33 minSupport Asian and Asian-American Students, Educators and Families––and Reject Hate**This statement has the unanimous endorsement of the NTA Executive Committee.
Mike ZillesApr 223 minSchools Closed for Remainder of School Year--ReflectionAs you are all aware, yesterday Governor Baker closed schools for the remainder of the school year. We are now not quite six weeks into t...
