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.
Archives for February 2013
MIAA Drops Boys’ Gymnastics
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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Newton Parent Testimonial
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-J. C.
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(Newton, MA)
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