Dear Colleagues, First of all, I apologize for getting last week's eBulletin into your inboxed so late. Second, this is the last eBulletin that will be going out until the new year on January 11th.  Finally, I hope you all enjoy a restful break. You deserve it! This has been a particularly exhausting year! Anti-Union Mailer (new) I've seen anti-union mailers (or emails) before, but this is one of the more insidious that has come across my desk. What makes this mailer so bad?

MTA Officer Candidate Forum: Hold the Date What: Candidate Forum for MTA Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates When: Wednesday, February 4, at 4:15 PM Where: TBD This year at MTA annual meeting, Delegates will vote for a new President and Vice President of the MTA to two year terms.  This will be a very consequential vote. Educators for a Democratic Union, endorsed candidates currently hold the presidency and vice presidency and a majority of Board and Executive Commi

MSJOC Joint Statement on Parent Teacher Conferences for the 2025-2026 School Year On Tuesday 11/18, the Middle School Joint Oversight Committee voted to recommend for the school year 2025-2026 that each building maintain the schedules used in the school year 2024-2025 for parent teacher conferences.  The central administrative team took the recommendation into consideration and agreed to retain the same number of parent conference dates, but with modified schedules to allow t

Full Time Kindergarten Aides: Done! It took from March of 2023 until now, but the kindergarten saga is over!  From Chris Brezski to Newton Public Schools community: ********** Dear NPS families and staff, On November 12th, Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Sarah Weyland Ellis ruled to uphold an arbitrator's decision that the Newton Public Schools must reinstate a full-time aide in all kindergarten classrooms with 14 or more students.  The policy in place at present is that

Setti Warren: In Memoriam When I learned that Setti Warren had died last week, I was in shock--numb, in disbelief--yet also spent the week holding terrible grief at bay.  Setti was a superb and extraordinary man. He was a friend to me personally, a friend of education and educators here in Newton, and a model of authentic leadership.  Setti became mayor of Newton in January of 2010; I became president of the Newton Teachers and David Fleishman became superintendent of schools

Support Newton Teachers Association Endorsed Candidates for School Committee Join a Standout this Week! Wed 10/29: NNHS 8:15-8:55am NSHS 3:45-4:10pm Thurs 10/30: Bigelow: 7:30-7:45am Lincoln-Eliot: 3-3:30pm Friday 10/31: Brown/Oak Hill: 7:55-8:09am If you live in Newton, Vote! If you live in Newton, Vote for our NTA endorsed candidates! Encourage your friends and neighbors to vote as well! Election Day Voting Polls across the City will open on Election Day, Tuesday, November

Support Newton Teachers Association Endorsed Candidates for School Committee The Newton Teachers Association has endorsed School Committee candidates Jenna Miara (Ward 5), Mali Brodt (Ward 6), and Jim Murphy (Ward 8). The NTA sent questionnaires to all School Committee and Mayoral candidates. Their responses can be viewed here. Please click on the links attached to each candidate’s name to find out how you can directly support their campaigns. Now that we have made the en

Please RSVP: Chris Walsh's Retirement  THIS Tuesday, June 17, the NTA is the date of  Chris Walsh's retirement party. Come and give Chris...

Dear Colleagues, The news of the deployment of National Guard troops in California to crush protests against ICE are a frightening...

Tufts Late Rejection of Payments: Follow Up On Friday afternoon, NPS HR Support sent out the following email regarding Tufts denial of...

UNUM Disability Insurance--Open Enrollment   Unum Representatives will be visiting schools this week. Please see the schedule below for...

NTA Survey Observations #3 : Breaks during the Day in Elementary School   The above graphs indicate whether elementary classroom, special...

NTA Survey Observations #2: Stress in the Workplace   Members surveyed reported that the two most important drivers of workplace stress...

NTA Survey Observations I have learned so much from studying the survey data we collected, and it is so important that I do not want to...

NEA Organizing a March 4th Nationwide Day of Action The NEA "Protect Our Kids" campaign is mobilizing educators, parents, students, and...

Survey Please complete the NTA Quality of Life/Working Conditions Survey   It will close this Tuesday, February 11, at 5:00 p.m.  Please...

Survey Four hundred members have now completed the survey we sent out on Tuesday, January 28. That is a great start! Please  help NTA...

Please click on the image above to let us know if you will be coming! NTA Night Out! Join your union siblings for an for an NTA Night...

Dear Colleagues, I am hesitant to say "Happy New Year," because I know this is going to be a tough year for everyone. So I begin this...

The Social Security Fairness Act We are at a critical juncture. The Senate is poised to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which...