The Board of Education took up the topic of a possible schedule change for Newtown’s elementary schools at its meeting on February 4. Read more about the discussion here.

The Board of Education unanimously approved its $79,201,776 budget proposal for 2020-21 at its meeting on February 4. The spending plan represents a 1.4 percent increase over the current budget. Read more about the budget here.

Hawley Elementary School students were the first to participate in a new partnership between the Newtown Public School District and the Newtown Senior Center. Find out more here.

Fraser Woods Montessori School students have been busy creating "Pouches for Australia." Learn more about the school's effort to support motherless baby marsupials here.

Head O’ Meadow Elementary School's PTA presented donations to three local charities on January 23 following the school’s annual Holiday Giving Shop, held before winter break in December. Learn about the program and the donations here.

Along with discussing aspects of the Superintendent’s Proposed Operational Budget Plan 2020-21 at its January 28 meeting, the Board of Education approved expanding a program for individualized learning for special education students from Newtown High School to Newtown Middle School. Read more about the meeting here.

EdAdvance and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) hosted an Annual Western Connecticut Legislative Breakfast at Sandy Hook Elementary School on January 9, just before the start of school. Read more about the event here.

The Board of Education continued inspecting individual areas of the Superintendent’s Proposed Operational Budget Plan 2020-21 at its January 16 and January 21 meetings. Read more about different areas of the proposed budget here.

The Board of Education heard administrators speak about proposed individual school budgets for the coming year at its January 14 and January 16 meetings. Read more about the proposed budgets here.