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Memorial Elementary School – Natick Public Schools Tutoring

March 12, 2013 By Y3K

The Memorial Elementary School in Natick, Massachusetts will be holding an auction fundraiser again this year. We hope you look for our Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test prep auction donation when attending this coming Saturday.

The funds raised will be used to support the academic and cultural activies of the Memorial Elementary School’s approximately 430 children in kindergarten through 4th grade, over the next two years. These activities will include class field trips supporting the academic curriculum, visits by literary writers and poets to the school who inspire children to think and write, and performances at school by theater and musical groups to expose the children to the arts. The auction funds raised by the the Memorial Elementary School PTO will also be used to maintain the school playground equipment and provide classroom supplies. These programs and resources will not exist without our auction donation and your generous bid.

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Franklin Elementary School PTO – Newton, MA

March 1, 2013 By Y3K

Look for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home auction donation at the Franklin Elementary School of Newton, MA’s PTO online auction. All auction proceeds will be used exclusively and entirely to advance the education of Franklin students through book purchases, creative arts & sciences programming and modest classroom-based technology enhancements. The Franklin Elementary School PTO has our Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test prep services listed under the category of Buy It Now Bargains. Happy bidding!

Lawrence School Tutoring – Brookline, MA

March 1, 2013 By Y3K

The Lawrence School PTO of Brookline, MA will soon run their annual Lawrence School Silent Auction. Go online and check out the Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutoring and test prep auction donation. Your bid on our auction item directly benefits the many programs funded by the PTO that would otherwise not be available to the Lawrence School community. These include visual and performing arts programs, field trips, teacher grants and before/after school sports. Join Y3K Tutor In Your Home in supporting this worthy cause to help the children of Brookline.

MIAA Drops Boys’ Gymnastics

February 28, 2013 By Y3K

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association recently made a decision to eliminate boys’ gymnastics from sanctioned competition. This ruling affects several cities and towns including Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s City of Newton. Both Newton North High School and Newton South High School currently have boys’ gymnastics teams and are allowed to finish up the current season. Beginning next fall they will be unable to officially compete under MIAA rules. Next school year the schools will be able offer boys’ gymnastics as a club sport, however meets will not be sanctioned by the MIAA and there would be no state tournament or championship. Girls’ gymnastics will continue as usual to be MIAA sanctioned.

MIAA Drops Boys’ Gymnastics

February 28, 2013 By Y3K

School Systems Wasting Your Children’s Tax Money: In-House Consultants

February 27, 2013 By Y3K

Another public relations consultant model that some school systems are using are similar to the Concord-Carlisle Regional School District method. As opposed to hiring an independent consultant at inflated hourly charges, they pay an in-house consultant an inflated yearly salary. This is instead of the time-honored tradition of the Superintendent of Schools telling the truth directly to parents. In Concord-Carlisle Regional School District’s case, they pay a PART-TIME communications manager $40,000 per year. Other local hires include Newton Public Schools that hire a Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator for $60,000, Marlborough Public Schools that employs a Communications Liaison for $65,000 and Brockton Public Schools with their Communications Officer making $70,000.

School Systems Wasting Your Children’s Tax Money: Independent Public Relations Consultants

February 26, 2013 By Y3K

When a crisis flares up, many school districts turn to overpriced public relations consultants to spin the school system’s point of view to the public. Some school systems follow the Lexington Public Schools model by hiring an independent consultant that works for lots of different schools every time there is an embarrassing situation. In Lexington, they pay their public relations consultant an initial retainer charge of $5,000 for 20 hours of work. Then starting with the 21st hour of work, Lexington pays the consultant $300 per hour.

Lexington Public Schools in the past hired a public relations consultant at the above pay rate several years ago when some parents complained about the school system using and promoting a book on same sex families. Last fall she was hired to speak to the public about a calming time-out room that was written about in a newspaper. Now they are back at it again hiring the same consultant to defend the school system’s handling of a controversial athletic director who was placed on unpaid leave. Again the $177,000+ salaried Superintendent and the $150,000 Assistant Superintendents are “too busy” to include communicating with the public as a part of their job description. Tune in tomorrow for entirely different way these money-wasting public relations leeches are bleeding the school systems dry of your children’s tax dollars.

Newton Country Day School Tutor

February 26, 2013 By Y3K

If you plan to attend the Newton Country Day School Tres Bien Auction, be on the lookout for our Y3K Tutor In Your Home auction donation. With our generous support and your auction bids we will be able to help this Newton, MA school. The evening’s success will directly benefit the school’s programs and activities. We hope to help inspire the Newton Country Day School students and teachers with this fundraiser.

School Systems Wasting Your Children’s Tax Money: Public Relations Aides

February 25, 2013 By Y3K

Many school systems are struggling to find money to fund its basic programs. In fact in Newton, MA they will be voting on a Proposition 2 ½ override for more funds while in Needham, MA they are looking at having to cut approximately 2% -3% from next year’s budget. At the same time however, school systems are wasting lots of money on “public relations aides” to speak to the media and parents on their behalf. The purpose of these public relations aides are to give a positive spin on whatever the school system wants you to believe and at taxpayer expense. Gone are the days of the $213,000+ salaried Superintendent defending the system’s position to parents and media. Apparently the Superintendent and all of the other $129,000+ Assistant Superintendents are “too busy” to speak effectively to the parents.

Needham Community Farm – Ready Set Grow Benefit

February 25, 2013 By Y3K

The Needham Community Farm in Needham, MA is once again having their annual Ready Set Grow Benefit and Y3K Tutor In Your Home is proud to be a part of it. This year’s Ready Set Grow Benefit will include an auction. Look for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home auction donation under the “Just For Kids” section. With your support, the Needham Community Farm can continue to provide fresh, locally grown produce to the Needham Community Council Food Pantry, and unique learning opportunities to the entire community.