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MIAA Drops Boys’ Gymnastics

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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

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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!

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

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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.

Newton Country Day School Tutor

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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

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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.

Newton Tutoring & Test Prep

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Newton Parent Testimonial

“I cannot say enough good things about Y3K. The owner has tutored both my son and daughter through elementary, middle, and now high school. His skill, warmth and flexibility have enabled both of my children to address their challenges and achieve their goals. He is engaging and knowledgeable across subjects, and is also able to teach study habits and organization skills, even when there is resistance! 🙂 He is a complete professional, and willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to attend school meetings as an articulate advocate. He has had a truly significant influence on my children’s academic success and self esteem, and has been a great resource for me as a single parent. His dedication, humor, and abilities as a teacher make him not only an extremely gifted tutor, but also an excellent mentor and role model for my young teens. I give Y3K my highest recommendation!”

-J. C.

Newton North High School Parent

(Newton, MA)

Another Unsolicited Testimonial – Newton, MA

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“I really just wanted to thank you for the wonderful work you are doing with him this year….you have such a great rapport with him, and are so sensitive in the way you approach things that are difficult for him. I’m very appreciative.”

-C. J.
Parent of student attending F. A. Day Middle School, Newton MA

Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s 28 Day February Special

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We are half way through Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s February Special of 28 LIFE-CHANGING POSTS IN 28 DAYS!! Thanks for your feedback so far. You still have time to choose the topics covered. Let us know.

Newton MA Override Vote

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In Newton MA, they will be voting on three property tax overrides to increase taxes by $11,400,000 to mostly pay for school projects. While Newton Public Schools cries how they need new buildings and program funding, they never tell the public about some of their spending. Every time there is a local override vote, cities and towns always whine about how if you don’t vote to raise your taxes, they will cut teachers, police, and firefighters and everyone will suffer. They never seem to threaten to cut or reduce the salaries of the unessential hacks that serve little function in the day-to-day education of our children. In the city of Newton for example, Newton Public Schools hired in 2012 a Communications and Community Engagement Coordinator at a salary of $60,000. Here are some other non-essential Newton Public School officials with outrageous taxpayer funded salaries for fiscal year 2011 that are hidden from the public:

Superintendent of Schools – $254,573.53

Deputy Superintendent: Chief Administrative Officer – $150,540.83

Deputy Superintendent For Teaching and Learning – $72,259.32

Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education & Special Programs – $141,484.24

Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education -
 $140,908.50

Assistant Superintendent for Student Services – $132,750.08

Director of Human Resources – $117,750.08

Chief of Operations – $128,346.19

Director of METCO – $103,190.00

Assistant Budget Director – $89,683.10

Assistant Human Resources Director – $85,149.84

Assistant to Superintendent – $81,259.76

Co-Director of Elementary Student Services – $104,212.40

Director of Language Acquisition – $118,436.54

Budget Analyst/Administrative Assistant – $75,345.08

Data Management Specialist – $88,276.44

Coordinator of Grants – $106,361.52

Can you think of a better use of over $2,000,000 used to fund your child’s education?

Controversy At Newton South High School

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Newton South High School in Newton, MA graduates have run into a major problem in their freshman year of college. Some students have been deemed ineligible to play college Division 1 or Division 2 sports based on courses already taken at Newton South High School. The NCAA, the governing body of collegiate athletics determined that incoming college freshman who had taken certain Curriculum 2 classes from Newton South High School were ineligible to play college sports. Curriculum 2 classes are taught at a slower pace than Curriculum 1 and Honors level classes.

The NCAA decision is part of their effort to ensure that incoming athletes are academically ready for college. What is even more shocking is that many other high schools throughout America also offer Curriculum 2 classes that the NCAA have approved. In fact even Newton North High School’s Curriculum 2 classes are NCAA approved.

The problem with Newton South’s curriculum came to light last summer when the NCAA deemed a graduate who wanted to play baseball at he the University of Massachusetts Amherst ineligible. He had taken some Curriculum 2 classes. Newton South High School is currently appealing the NCAA decision. Since last summer, Newton South has been able to persuade the NCAA to accept Curriculum 2 classes in math and Spanish. English, science and history classes taught at that level are still ineligible and under appeal.

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