Mike Zilles
NTA EBulletin September, 28, 2020
Dear Colleagues: I will keep this week's update short. I know you are all feeling overwhelmed. This early in the year, the pace and...
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Mike Zilles
- Sep 20, 2020
- 8 min
NTA EBulletin September 20, 2020
The Newton School Committee voted to approve Superintendent Fleishman's "Return to Learning Plan" on August 26, just five days before...
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Mike Zilles
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
NTA EBulletin September 13, 2020
Again, another beautiful weekend. I hope all are doing well, though I also know this is a very stressful weekend, as everyone prepares to...
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Mike Zilles
- Sep 7, 2020
- 6 min
NTA EBulletin, September 7, 2020
I hope that you have all had some time to enjoy this wonderful Labor Day Weekend. The weather could not have been more cooperative. I...
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Mike Zilles
- Aug 30, 2020
- 10 min
NTA Ebulletin, August 30, 2020
On Thursday, August 28, the NTA held a General Membership Meeting, and called upon its members to ratify a number of demands. Certainly...
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Mike Zilles
- Aug 16, 2020
- 5 min
NTA EBulletin, August 16, 2020
Save the Dates General Membership Meeting Thursday, August 27, 4:00 to 6:00 Zoom address to follow Monday, August 24, Meetings with...
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Mike Zilles
- Aug 12, 2020
- 6 min
NTA EBulletin, August 9, 2020
I don't know about you, but I need a little levity. You will find below four sections to this August 9th EBulletin: An update on the...
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Mike Zilles
- Aug 2, 2020
- 9 min
NTA EBulletin, August 2, 2020
Quick Links: Member Action to Support the NTA Negotiating Team sign a petition addressed to David Fleishman and the School Committee Ben...
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Mike Zilles
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
NTA EBulletin, July 26, 2020
Hope 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...
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Mike Zilles
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
NTA EBulletin, July 19, 2020
There continues to be much concerning news. I am sure, for example, that most of you have already read about the recently published study...
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Mike Zilles
- Jun 27, 2020
- 10 min
June 27 E-bulletin
It is a time when collaboration among all stakeholders concerned with the education and safety of the children in our city and in our...
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Mike Zilles
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
June 21 EBulletin
We 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...
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Mike Zilles
- Jun 14, 2020
- 4 min
June 14 EBulletin
Thank you to all of you who have participated in an NTA sponsored focus group in your buildings. The participation rate has been...
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Mike Zilles
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
June 7 EBulletin
I 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...
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Mike Zilles
- May 30, 2020
- 6 min
May 30 EBulletin
This 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...
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Mike Zilles
- May 25, 2020
- 6 min
May 25, 2020 EBulletin
We have four weeks of school remaining. Distance Learning remains exhausting, exacerbated by so much uncertainty. Even as states begin...
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Mike Zilles
- May 17, 2020
- 5 min
May 17, 2020 EBulletin
On Friday, you received an email from David Fleishman in which he references a conversation between him and me in which we shared...
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Mike Zilles
- May 10, 2020
- 5 min
May 10, 2020 EBulletin
I 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...
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Mike Zilles
- May 3, 2020
- 6 min
May 3, 2020 EBulletin
I 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...
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Mike Zilles
- Apr 20, 2020
- 5 min
April 20 EBulletin
COVID-19 Update April 20 I appreciate that, once again, so many of you--1,150--took the survey we sent out last week. I spent a good many...
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