Brian Yates
Alderman-at-Large, Ward 5
City of Newton, MA
Schools
- As a graduate of the Newton Public Schools (Emerson,
Meadowbrook Junior High, and Newton South High School), I am grateful for
the opportunity that the Newton schools gave me to seek a higher education
(Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Boston College, and Master of Urban Affairs,
Boston University). I have supported improvements to the Newton Public
Schools to make sure that current and future students enjoy the same
benefits that my friends and I have had.
- I have supported the current renovations to
Newton South and Newton North High Schools to bring them into
compliance with health and safety codes, provide current
and future technology, and meet other specific needs that
have developed since construction decades ago. I urged the inclusion of
alternative energy in the schools' redesign. When it became clear that the
original assumptions for the renovation of Newton North High School were
mistaken, I supported the mayor's appointment of a Task Force to find a
fiscally and educationally sound way of meeting the needs of North High
students.
- I
support the use of the Oak Hill School as a badly needed
middle school though with great regret that the Warren
Weeks Junior High had been mistakenly been sold off long
since by the City. I also supported the improvements to
the remaining elementary schools after the terribly
mistaken closings of the Village Center schools in the
late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The schools that
were improved included Angier, Bowen, Countryside,
Memorial-Spaulding and Williams.
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