School Committee Welcomes Suzanne Federspiel And Names Pollak Chairman
On May 4th, the School Committee welcomed new member Suzanne Federspiel, and welcomed back re-elected members Julie Schreiner-Oldham and Michael Glover.
Ms. Federspiel has been...
Brookline Educational Honors
Elizabeth Scholle, Bronwyn Purcell and Adam Rintell, all of Chestnut Hill, graduated from Bates College on May 29.
Theo Nygren, of Brookline, along with over...
Brookline Schools To Celebrate Car-Free Day In October
From the Town of Brookline Department of Public Health: On Wednesday morning, October 4, 2017, fewer Brookline students will be jumping out of private cars...
Coming Out: The Journey To Self-Acceptance Can Be Mired With Others’...
Instead of the traditional one big coming out narrative, I have had to come out several times in my life.
The first was in Illinois,...
Summertime Exhibit Features 19 Youth Photographers
Summertime, the next art exhibit at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library, not only has a timely name, but it also features the work of...
National School Walkout: Brookline High School Students Are In
Brookline High School students have organized a walkout scheduled for Wednesday in response to the Parkland school shooting and to the national cry for...
Chiapas Photography Project Opening
Respeto/Respect features photographs and trilingual text by 7 Maya women from two different ethnic-linguistic groups and non-traditional religions who are staff of the Chiapas Photography Project,...
Library Events: March 23-30
Special programs
At Main, design a marble labyrinth and challenge your friends' problem solving abilities Thursday, March 23, at 3:00 p.m. in the Rabbit Hole....
Town Of Brookline, Schools Announce Start Of Cypress Field & Playground...
The Town of Brookline Department of Public Works is pleased to announce that the long-awaited Cypress Field and Playground Renovation Project will begin work...
New Brookline FD Training Tower Construction Underway
Anticipated date of completion of the tower is November, 2018.
Maintenance and classroom facility are anticipated to be ready in April, 2019.
School Capital Subcommittee Meeting
The School Capital Improvements Subcommittee will be meeting on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the 5th Floor Conference...
Brookline Educational Honors
Christian Choumenkovitch, Hayden Lancaster-Moura and Jakob Ottaway-Velder, all of Brookline, and Sonya Gladstone, of Chestnut Hill, have joined Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall Class of 2021.
The...
Art Experiments At The Brookline Public Library
Children and Adults ages 2 and up can cut, draw, glue and experiment in their own unique way. The outcome is not the object....
Hebrew School Open House In Brookline
Looking for a Hebrew school program? Come visit ours on the road in Chestnut Hill in Brookline.Dinner will be provided!
Boston-Area Jewish Education Program (BJEP),...
Brookline Looking Years Ahead With Major Parcel Study
Brookline schools are not the only ones in need of more space - several town departments are running short as well. In an effort...
Asian American Commission’s 6th Annual Young Leaders Symposium
Date:
September 23, 2017
Location:
Vietnamese American Community Center (VietAID)
42 Charles Street
Dorchester, MA 02215
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Our 6th Annual Young Leaders Symposium is designed to engage young...
Wheelock College Selling Brookline Properties Amid Uncertainty
Facing a dwindling endowment and similarly weak revenue projections, Fenway-based Wheelock College has put its 10-room, 4,987-square-foot president’s house at 295 Kent Street in...
Brookline To Consider Pine Manor For Ninth School Option
Ninth School options are back on the table. The Brookline Board of Selectmen just announced that they are considering using land at Pine Manor...
NPS Seeking Student Submissions For Art Contest
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline is running a visual art and writing contest for high school students.
The Inspired by Olmsted contest...
No School On September 21
There will be no school on Thursday, September 21st in observance of Rosh Hashanah.
Wishing a happy and healthy new year to those celebrating.
Override Study Committee
Override Study Committee
Monday, December 18, 2017
7:00 p.m.
Select Board’s Conference Room, 6th Floor
Brookline Town Hall
333 Washington Street
Brookline, MA 02445
AGENDA
Approval of Minutes
Update from Mary Ellen...
China Trip An Eye-Opening Experience For Brookline Residents
Picture an average eight-hour day at the office. Now double that.
That 16-hour period is still shorter than the time it takes to fly from...
Officer Katie Talking To Driscoll 5th Graders
Officer Katie talking to Driscoll 5th Graders about how to be good friends to each other, how to make smart, healthy and safe choices...
How A Brookline Teachers’ Aid Got To The UN
One Brookline teachers aid is going to Switzerland for a special UN human rights program after community members pitched in and helped him via...
Brookline Adjusts School Menu Following Families’ Concerns
Brookline Public Schools are making adjustments to the new school meal program following criticism from parents.
Options like pancakes with grapes and fruit juice for...
Brookline Special Town Meeting: The Ninth School, High School Expansion &...
The first night of Special Town Meeting began with a teller count caused by a glitch in the electronic voting system and a debate...
Brookline Votes To Further Study New School Site
The town of Brookline is holding off on deciding where to locate a badly-needed new elementary school. The town is short on land, and...
Robotics Team Wins Competitions And Community Outreach Award
At the beginning of every January, the robotics team is given an assignment for their competition, and the clock starts ticking. They have six...
Brookline Votes To Rename School Attended By JFK Over Slavery
Residents of Brookline have voted to rename the elementary school once attended by John F. Kennedy because it was named for a former slave...
School Year 2017-2018 Diversity Hiring Report Shared With School Committee
At the November 30th School Committee Meeting, Director of Human Resources Lisa Richardson provided an update on the public school's ongoing efforts on diversity...
