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![[CREDIT: WSC] At left, Warwick School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan explains Warwick School Committee cuts to the FY25 budget would be the first of three rounds.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-School-Committee-Cuts-Deficit-FY25-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools face a $9 million FY25 deficit, so Warwick School Committee cuts of $2.8 million approved Tuesday will be the first of three rounds of expense reductions […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] The Warwick School Committee is exerting extra contract oversight following an investigation into an allegedly improper contract award the City of Warwick asked the RI State Police to investigate.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Committee-Exerts-Extra-Contract-Oversight.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – The School Department will be maintaining greater contract oversight after the RI State Police began investigating the district for hiring Jada Trucking for contracts without first advertising […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee voted 4 to 1 Tuesday to approve five teacher layoffs for the next school year, including three art teachers, a business teacher at Warwick […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee voted David Testa as its new Chairman during its Jan. 10 meeting. Testa had previously served as Committee vice-chairman. Shaun Galligan, elected to […]
WARWICK, RI — Former Warwick School Committee Chairman and U.S. Army veteran Eugene Nadeau passed away on Sept. 11, 2021, at the HopeHealth Hulitar Center in Providence. Mayor Frank Picozzi […]
![[CREDIT: WPS] The Warwick School Committee is investigating its finance department after reports of allegations of procurement, policy, and procedure issues.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Warwick-School-Committee-investigates-finance-department-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School Committee members are scheduled to discuss the investigation into former Director of Finance and Operations Robert Baxter at tonight’s meeting, scheduled for 6:15 p.m. at […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick School Department] The Warwick School Committee approved 10 budget - neutral positions Tuesday.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Warwick-School-Committee-Meeting-June-8-21-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee approved 10 new “budget neutral” positions for the 2021-2022 school year. They include seven math interventionists for one year only, a part-time math […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Public Schools Administration is located at 69 Draper Ave.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee meets virtually Tuesday, 6 p.m. to discuss a new website for the Building Committee and a presentation from the High School Master Planner. […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Public Schools Administration at 69 Draper Ave. The Warwick School Committee will consider $6 million in Warwick Schools cuts Wednesday.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI— The School Committee elected new leadership Tuesday, with Judy Cobden now serving as Chair, Nathan Cornell as Vice-Chair, and Kyle Adams as Clerk. Cobden, who had served as […]
![[Gov. Raimondo FB] Gov. Gina Raimondo called the Warwick School Committee's distance learning vote wrong and said she is seeking legal and funding options to use to convince the board to create and use an in-person plan.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Raimondo-disappointed-in-Warwick-School-Committee-distance-learning-vote-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, R.I. — In what appears to be the only decision of its kind in Rhode Island so far, the Warwick School Committee this week voted to begin the school […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick City Council met at Warwick Veterans Middle School Feb. 11, 2020.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK — The Warwick School Committee adopted a new staff absence policy before discussing Toll Gate High’s flooded week-long shutdown and a new $10 million sports field bond ballot question […]
![[CREDIT: File Photo] Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 W Shore Road.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Warwick-Veterans-School-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee will elect its officers for 2020 at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night at Warwick Veterans Middle School, followed by an executive session including discipline […]
![[CREDIT: Robert Ford] Warwick School Committee Chair Karen Bachus at the July 25 meeting, Warwick Veterans Middle School.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Warwick_School_Committee_Bachus-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — “It’s a new day in Warwick,” said Karen Backus, school committee chair, after the committee voted 5-0 to approve $3,985,474 in additional funding allocated by the Warwick […]
WARWICK, R.I. – The Warwick School Committee unanimously approved an amended 2020 budget of $165.9 million Tuesday, cutting $7,753,000, eliminating all sports programs in the district. Ten teacher assistant positions […]
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee approved two hourly teaching increases and one new teacher Tuesday night at the Warwick Veterans Jr. High auditorium at 2401 W Shore Road. The […]
The Warwick School Committee approved a resolution disavowing contract continuation Tuesday night during their meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 West Shore Road.
UPDATE – 3:07 p.m. July 12: Darlene Netcoh, president of the Warwick Teacher’s Union, said elements of the agreement, including class size and the assignment of special education teachers to […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — On Thursday, RI Superior Court Judge Bennett R. Gallo overturned the State Labor Relation Board’s order that the Warwick School Committee must honor the expired Teachers Union (WTI) contract, stating the decision was issued with no opportunity for the elected body to argue it, and that the ruling of unfair labor practices against the body was unfounded.
WARWICK, RI — Anthony Sinapi, lawyer and advocate for parents contesting Warwick Public Schools’ special education plans for their children, has filed an Open Meeting Act lawsuit in Superior Court against the Warwick School Committee contesting the body has skirted the law by holding the Elementary Consolidation Committee (ECC) in closed session, and by failing to post agendas for or keep minutes of those meetings.
WARWICK, RI – Tuesday night the School Committee cut another $ 2.6 million from their budget, bringing an original $9 million FY25 deficit down to $3.1 million. The vote was […]
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee voted 5-0 Tuesday approving the Warwick Schools FY25 school budget of $190 million, $5 million more than last year, requiring an increase of $.4.4 […]
CORRECTION: This story originally listed math interventionists and robotics equipment among items cut from the budget. Those items were not cut. Warwick Pot has corrected, and regrets, the error. WARWICK, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated with revised budget figures following a May 24 email query to and response from Warwick School Committee Chairman David Testa. The School Committee’s […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick School Department](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick City Council will soon be voting on the fate of a $350 million project to replace the two Warwick high schools. The School Committee voted […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] The Warwick School Committee voted 4-1 for dozens of Warwick teacher layoffs May 18.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Warwick-Schools-Teacher-Layoffs-Warwick-School-Committee-May-18-2021-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee approved 24 Warwick teacher layoffs Tuesay night, citing declining enrollment as a factor in their decision. In April, Robert Baxter, the Director of […]
![[CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot] The Warwick School Committee approved $750K for HEPA filters to be installed in most of its schools. The upgrade will improve ventilation in schools, making in-person learning less dangerous during the pandemic.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warwick-School-Committee-Zoom-Sept.-15-2020-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK — The School Committee has authorized the $750,000 for Warwick Schools HEPA filters, to be delivered within 12 weeks, upgrading air quality to improve the safety of in-person learning. […]
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee voted Tuesday to hire Jeff Taylor as the district’s new Director of Technology following the resignation of Douglas Alexander last month. Taylor will be […]
WARWICK, RI — School Committee members meet Wednesday with $6.3 million in Warwick Schools cuts from their $181.4 million FY21 budget request ahead of them, a little less than the […]
WARWICK, RI – Following widespread opposition from parents and teachers, the Warwick School Committee voted 5-0 Tuesday against seven staff cuts totaling $700,000 proposed by Superintendent Phil Thornton. At their […]
WARWICK, RI – The School Committee approved a $177.8 million FY21 Warwick School budget 4-1 Wednesday after cutting $3.6 million from Superintendent Phil Thornton’s $181.4 million proposal. The $3,552,268 cut […]
WARWICK – The Warwick School Committee hired Saam Architecture of Boston to create a Warwick high school master plan for $111,300 Thursday night. Saam Architecture will assess Pilgrim High School, […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee approved Phase II of its school improvement bond Wednesday, now estimated at $79.9 million with extensive HVAC repairs at Winman Middle School and […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The first slide of a series of budget presentations Tuesday, April 23 at Warwick Veterans Memorial School.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Warwick-School-Budget-Heaing-April-23-1-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — As Warwick School Committee members considered how they might cut as much as $8.5 million from Superintendent Philip Thornton’s FY20 $174.4 million budget, postponing Title XI locker […]
The Warwick City Council is planning several appointments to local boards during its Jan. 3 meeting, 7 p.m. at Warwick City Hall, 3275 Post Road and will also consider $15,000 for sprinklers at the Cooper Building, home for the Boys & Girls Club of Warwick’s new teen center, as well as $50,000 for the Water Department for pipes and valves.
WARWICK, R.I. — It’s time for Mayor Avedisian to end his hands-off approach to the school department and show some leadership. Here are two suggestions.
The Warwick School Committee voted 4 to 1 for school consolidation option 5 Tuesday night, fating Warwick Veterans Memorial High School to conversion to a middle school and closing Aldrich and Gorton Junior High Schools, saving the district $4.5 million annually.
Dist. 1 School Committeeman Eugene Nadeau, 83, wants another term to bring all day Kindergarten, a middle school system and a fully researched consolidation plan to Warwick Schools.
