Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Newton PTO Council: Vote "Yes, Yes, Yes" on Override Package
A letter to the editor from the Newton PTO Council asking residents to support all three override questions on March 12.
Last week, the Newton PTO Council voted overwhelmingly to support the Mayor’s proposed override package. A yes vote on the override package, which includes three ballot questions, insures that the children of Newton get the education they deserve, in facilities that address their needs. Our schools are facing serious enrollment issues, budgetary pressures, and deteriorating facilities. For Newton to continue to uphold its standard of educational excellence, we need improved buildings, more teachers and greater funding for our schools. To receive the full benefits of this override, the three ballot questions should be viewed as one. One ballot question provides for a debt exclusion to finance the reconstruction of Angier Elementary, a …
Robert L. Cerra
6:44 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
The schools receive 88% of our property tax money, that is appently not enough. No matter how much we give the schools it will not be enough and they will continue to tell us they need more. To ask them to live within a budget is unfair, anti-educational . President Obama wants just a little more, Governor Patrick wants just a little more and now Mayor Warren want just a little more. To ask them … more ›