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F.A. Day Expansion Project

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

PHOTOS: Construction Progress at Newton's F.A. Day Middle School

A few photos from the Newton Public Schools highlighting the construction progress at F.A. Day Middle School.

During Monday night's Newton School Committee meeting, Newton Public Schools' Chief Operating Officer Mike Cronin provided a few photos to show the construction progress at F.A. Day Middle School. After months of infrastructure and utility work on the site, steel beams and concrete slabs have started going up at the school.  "Once the steel goes up, you can see the structure and how big it is...it's real and it's there," Cronin said. "The school is excited because they can see and feel it." Placement of the steel for the new classroom addition began on Jan. 24, 2013 and interior mechanical work for the new classrooms is underway, according to a facilities memo issued to the School Committee. When the project is completed, six new …

Daniel Fox

6:08 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Looks great. The school is coming along nicely!   more ›

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Five Things You Missed at School Committee: New Principal Search, Security Measures

Newton Public School administrators also offered updates on the various facilities projects happening around the district, including expansion at F.A. Day Middle School and proposed modular classrooms.

During Monday night's School Committee meeting, committee members voted in favor of a plan that would send all students from Cabot Elementary to F.A. Day Middle School, rather than splitting students between F.A. Day and Bigelow Middle when they reach sixth grade. Here are five other things you may have missed from the meeting:   1. A busy season for principal searches During his update for the School Committee, Superintendent David Fleishman informed the committee that the district is taking on a third principal search this season, as Countryside Elementary Principal Emily Ostrower announced last week she plans to retire at the end of this school year. Ostrower has been at Countryside for a decade, Fleishman said, and has hired much of …

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