Newton School District School Board

1 meeting on our record, all from the past year · 11,752 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Mar 9, 2026: Special meeting, 3 h 21 min
Newest meeting we have: Mar 9, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Alicia Piedalue, Chair · Jason Bhardwaj, Vice Chair · Jonathan Greene, School Committee · Marc Laredo, Mayor · Victor Lee, School Committee · Tamika Olszewski, School Committee · Arrianna Proia, School Committee · Ben Schlesinger, School Committee · Linda Swain, School Committee

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Special meeting · 3 h 21 minMonday, March 9, 2026Speakers: Jonathan Greene

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Runs the meetingAlicia PiedalueChair · Ward 7 · shown, not ranked—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Members · listed by nameJason BhardwajVice Chair · Ward 3—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Jonathan GreeneSchool Committee · Ward 61meeting where a checked clip names them1clipnamed at 1 meeting · 1 clip Marc LaredoMayor · Ex Officio—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Victor LeeSchool Committee · Ward 8—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Tamika OlszewskiSchool Committee · Ward 4—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Arrianna ProiaSchool Committee · Ward 1—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Ben SchlesingerSchool Committee · Ward 5—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Linda SwainSchool Committee · Ward 2—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

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What Jonathan Greene said on Mar 9, 2026

I don't know why. Why we couldn't have a fee system for this so that families who are sending kids to school with a phone bear the cost of maintaining the quality of education that we've had in the past. We just keep adding these kinds of things, and I don't think we think about it.Jonathan GreeneSchool Committee · Newton School District School Board · Mar 9, 2026Watch the full meeting from 3:06:05

Federal district ID 2508610 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district