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COVENTRY, RI —The Coventry Town Council unanimously passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to enact legislation authorizing town Coventry Schools deficit oversight. In a statement about the resolution from […]
![[CREDIT: RIDE] Coventry Schools math program test results on the RICAS show a steady improvement in math proficiency.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Coventry-Schools-Math-Program-grant-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — Gov. Dan McKee and RIDE Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green met school and community leaders at Providence’s Asa Messer Elementary School Thursday, announcing $2.8 million in Learn365RI grants, with […]
COVENTRY, RI — The Coventry Town Council, expanded by two at-large members and sporting a new Dist. 5 councilor, ended its first 2025 meeting urging fiscal control of the Coventry […]
COVENTRY, RI — When officials meet to discuss remedies to the $5 million Coventry Schools Deficit Oct. 9, they’ll be catching up with audits, otherwise sound fiscal standing, and five […]
COVENTRY, RI — RI Auditor General David Bergantino has sent a formal letter asking for a meeting with Municipal and School officials, including Council and School Committee representatives, to deal […]
COVENTRY, RI — As the town catches up on long-overdue fiscal audits, RI Auditor General David Bergantino calls for a meeting with officials to discuss a corrective plan for an […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Sen. Leo Raptakis (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, EG, WG) and parents suggest a Coventry Schools Restructure study committee to research Supt. Don Cowarts plan for elementary schools in detail.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Raptakis-Coventry-Schools-Restructure-Plan.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — Last Thursday, minutes before Superintendent Don Cowart withdrew his Coventry Schools restructure plan, Sen. Lou Raptakis suggested a study committee to examine the idea in depth.
![[CREDIT: Town of Coventry] The Coventry Schools FY25 Increase will need to be 4 percent, said Superintendent Don Cowart.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Coventry-Schools-FY25-Increase.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
Jan. 11: Coventry Schools Restructure Intended to Meet $1.5M Deficit Jan. 13:  Coventry Schools Restructure Vote Delayed Feb. 5: Parents Demand Delay On Coventry Schools Restructure Feb. 8: Cowart Withdraws Coventry Schools Restructure […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Supt. Don Cowart withdrew his Coventry Schools Restructure Plan Feb. 8. The decision was met with loud applause and several grateful comments.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cowart-Withdraws-Coventry-Schools-Restructure-Plan.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
Jan. 11: Coventry Schools Restructure Intended to Meet $1.5M Deficit Jan. 13:  Coventry Schools Restructure Vote Delayed Feb. 5: Parents Demand Delay On Coventry Schools Restructure COVENTRY, RI — Tonight Superintendent Don Cowart […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A slide in Superintendent Don Cowart's review of his Coventry Schools restructure plan, which many critics said did not adequately answer questions raised Jan. 11.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Coventry-School-Restructure-SC-meeting-Feb.-5-2024.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — Tonight, at 6 p.m. the School Committee will vote on whether to move forward with Superintendent Don Cowart’s Coventry Schools restructure plan, a move parents have overwhelmingly urged them away from for weeks.
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkoski] Kenneth Spiro addresses the Coventry School Committee Feb. 5, 2024 at Coventry High, telling them Superintendent Don Cowart is "The Titanic" and his Coventry Schools Restructure Plan is an iceberg.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kenneth-Spiro-Coventry-School-Committee-Feb.-8-2024.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — Parents made it clear at the Feb. 8 School Committee meeting they are still not sold on Superintendent Don Cowart’s Coventry Schools restructure plan, dissatisfied with his […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Parents, students and teachers crowded Allan Shawn Feinstein Middle School's auditorium Jan. 11 to oppose a Coventry schools restructure plan converting Black Rock Elementary School to an early learning center, reorganizing the remaining elementary schools. A vote on the plan scheduled for Jan. 16 has been delayed till an unannounced date.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Coventry-School-Committee-Jan.-11-2023-School-Restructure-1.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — The School Committee has postponed its meeting Jan. 16 for a cost-saving Coventry schools restructure vote to bridge a $1.5 million deficit, pending detailed responses to three hours […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Parents, students and teachers crowded Allan Shawn Feinstein Middle School's auditorium Jan. 11 to oppose a Coventry schools restructure plan that would dissolve Black Rock Elementary School and convert it to an early learning center, reorganizing the remaining elementary schools. Pictured, from left, Ray Roboin, fourth grade teacher, Avery Rossi, 7, and Melissaa Nelson, PTO member.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Coventry-School-Committee-Jan.-11-2023-School-Restructure-3.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — All public speakers at Thursday’s School Committee meeting protested Superintendent Don Cowarts’ Coventry schools restructure around a Black Rock early learning center to bridge a $1.5 million deficit. […]
