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Newton Schools history, Part 12: School budget strife

Summary by figcitynews.com
In the 1970s, strife over the Newton Public School budget intensified as the 1970 recession deepened, enrollment continued to decline, teachers gained collective bargaining rights, and the State changed educational mandates and funding. The battle moved from City-versus-School Committee to school-versus-school. "Education as a right to be claimed, not a service to be begged"  Hubert Jones was a Newton parent, the husband of Newton's METCO direct…
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figcitynews.com broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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