Newton is having an important vote on Tuesday. It is important to vote and for me to vote yes. My kids attend a school that should have been replaced years ago. Newton is experiencing a student population boom, and most schools are overcrowded. There are many people trying to tell voters that we should get rid of METCO and the kids of newton teachers .....in reality that is not the problem. The other side wants more cuts in salaries. Our mayor has cut fat in the government but there is no way you can demand union workers to go from paying 20% of their monthly health care premium to 50%. Our mayor got the u ion to agree to 25%. Sure it isn't 50% but this is what he was able to negotiate. One step at a time.
Angier and Cabot must be replaced. There is no way that these schools can continue to function as schools in their current conditions. No student should have to sit next to a sub pump house while learning fractions - the pump is run during class time.
No student should have to sit in a classroom that is eighty degrees in January ....on a daily basis. That same student then has to put on a winter coat to attend music class since that room is cold.
No student should have to be in a library that also functions as a specialist classroom and an ELL (English language learner) classroom.
Please vote yes yes yes.
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