Category Archives: Budget

NPS Budget Gap – What can you do?

Newton Public Schools has a $4 million dollar NPS FY23 budget gap – 

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?– Click here to see a detailed summary of those cuts across NPS.

Who makes the budget anyway? How does that work?– Click here for a brief overview of the budget process. 

WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW?

A future override could provide much-needed funding in the long-term, but will not come in time to prevent the cuts to next year’s budget. To prevent cuts for the upcoming year, NPS needs an additional $4M in funding now to close this gap.  

Contact Mayor Fuller

Mayor Fuller needs to hear from her Newton voters who insist our schools be fully funded this year and following years.

  • Email Mayor Fuller– If you are having trouble getting started, here is a template letter and some ideas to get you started. 
  • Call Mayor Fuller:  (617) 796-1000
  • Visit:  Mayor Fuller has no upcoming Office Hours listed. Call or email Sam Nighman snighman@newtonma.gov to request office hours or schedule an appointment.

Contact the School Committee

Newton School Committee Public Hearing on Proposed FY23 Budget – Monday, 4.04.22

The Newton School Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed FY23 budget on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Login details are below.

If you wish to speak at this public hearing, please fill out this form:

Form – Request to Speak at Public Hearing

The form will close at 6:00 pm on April 4, 2022. There will be an opportunity to sign up in “real time” during the meeting by using the “raise your hand” feature on Zoom. Speakers will be called in the order in which they signed up, first come-first speak, followed by those who raise their hand during the meeting, or at the discretion of the Chair. 

To call into the meeting via Zoom, please follow these instructions:

Zoom meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/390017072

Call-in information:  1-646-558-8656

Call-in meeting ID: 390 017 072 ​​​​​​​

All budget documents can be found here: FY23 Budget Documents Folder.

A presentation on the FY23 budget can be found on this webpage: FY23 Budget Presentation

February PTO Highlights

February Highlights – Thank You Parents!

February was an incredibly generous month from LE parents and our community:

  • Feb 7th – Movie Night!  What a great showing of families and many new faces for volunteers. You donated $844 through ticket and food sales.  Thank you!
  • Feb 14th – Valentine’s Day Flower Sale!  Thank you, Natalie, for putting the bouquets together and the many volunteers who helped sell/distribute them!  The team raised $570.
  • Feb 27th – Amazon Smiles delivers $84!  Every dollar counts and if you are shopping on Amazon it is super easy to make use of their match.  Email president@lepto.org if you need assistance.
  • Feb 28th – Our PTO co-president, Lauren McMinn, has been working so hard on getting items for our auction, which starts March 23.  Along the way she captured a $1500 donation from The Village Bank!
  • Feb 29th – In January we received $1265 in parent donations to the Annual Fund. In February we received $59 for a total of $6135 in Parent Donations.

The Creative Arts and Sciences program continues to bring outstanding content to our children:

  • Feb 6th – Potato Hill Poetry, Grades 2, 4, 5

60% Towards our Fundraising Goal!

  • The LE PTO spends $36,000/year for our 364 children, about $100 per child.
  • Donate through our website at LEPTO.ORG/DONATE or contact treasurer@lepto.org for more information.

Lincoln-Eliot January PTO Highlights

January Highlights – Thank You Teachers!

In the past two months, your contributions to the PTO and our community events have provided much needed support to our teachers in several ways:

  • Nov 25th – Distributed $4,180 in cash stipends to all teachers to spend on their rooms.
  • Dec 13th – Parents purchased & donated $1,700 in books to teachers from the Book Fair!
  • Jan 5th – Distributed items from the first annual LE Teacher Grant Program. Working together with Room Connectors, delivered $2700 in flexible seating and supplies to support our classrooms.  Please see the nice cards from our 1st graders as thanks for the Book on a Shelf Grant that provided a new book each day in December.

The Creative Arts and Sciences program continues to bring amazing content to our children:

  • Dec 6th – Bubbles from the Discovery Museum, Kindergarten
  • Dec 6th – Potato Hill Poetry, Grades 2, 4, 5
  • Dec 19th – World of Owls, Grade 5
  • Jan 17th – Women in World Jazz, Grades K-5
  • Feb 6th – Potato Hill Poetry, Grades 2, 4, 5

Halfway Through the Year! Halfway to Our Fundraising Goal!

  • The LE PTO spends $36,000 per year for our 364 children, about $100 per child.
  • We’ve raised nearly $20,000 to date and are halfway to our goal!
  • Please donate via PayPal at our website LEPTO.ORG/DONATE or email treasurer@lepto.org.  THANK YOU!