Last time I checked Newton was within the 495 belt around the city and is connected to Boston by mass transit. This blog covers things all around greater Boston. Are you just suddenly realizing that now?

Public employees should not be permitted to strike

By StillFromDorchester on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 8:24pm.

In my humble opinion .
That being said, I know nothing about the ins and outs of Newton Teachers demands.

Hey

By Will LaTulippe on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 11:13pm.

I didn't tell people to breed children and stick them in a school system.

Strike away. Time for people with too much money to swallow a bitter pill.

Why?

By Lee on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 4:10am.

Are they second class citizens not deserving of the same rights as everyone else?

They are not permitted to strike

By Residente on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 8:44am.

It is illegal, but they did it anyway. Shows you how dire the situation must be.

The penalties are minimal

By BostonDog on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 9:03am.

When other districts have gone in strike, the penalties to the union have been small compared to their contract gains. There's no much in the way of downsides to the teachers; they aren't going to be forced back into the classroom by police. (Nor should they be.)

Management refuses to negotiate in good faith.

By cinnamngrl on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 11:06am.

For many years politicians wasted taxpayer money trying to look tough on unions.

The People of the Commonwealth Agree

By Rob O on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 8:53am.

They aren't

Wonder why

By Sock_Puppet on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 4:30am.

Elizabeth Ross Del Porto, who’s been teaching elementary school kids for almost 30 years, talked about mental health issues she’s seeing in young kids today that require social workers to handle.

“I hear from far too many elementary school educators about very young children with anxiety, with talk and thoughts of self-harm, with actions of self-harm, or actions that create unsafe situations for themselves or others,” Ross Del Porto said.

Could it be the effects of the pandemic lockdown?

This was already a thing pre-pandemic.

By Tim Mc. on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 7:22am.

Remember that she's talking about this against a 30 year timeline. If it were just a pandemic thing, she's be more specific.

She is more specific

By robo on Fri, 01/19/2024 - 8:58am.

One of the unions demands is to hire more social workers because she’s seeing an uptick in mental health issues today.

Elizabeth Ross Del Porto, who’s been teaching elementary school kids for almost 30 years, talked about mental health issues she’s seeing in young kids today that require social workers to handle.

Ross Del Porto called for the city to fund a social worker in every elementary and middle school building, instead of schools only having them on designated days of the week

Teachers in Newton go on strike

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