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WARWICK, RI — This week’s surprise news that Warwick School Supt. Philip Thornton has agreed to return to his former post in Cumberland — first reported by WarwickPost — leaves a leadership […]
WARWICK, RI — In 2015, Phil Thornton left his Cumberland superintendent job to take over Warwick Schools leadership decapitated by the fallout of the Atoyan scandal detailed in the siloed […]
![[CREDIT: Zoom screenshot] Superintendent Phil Thornton said elementary classes return first in his plan for the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Warwick-School-Committee-elementary-classes-return-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — This fall, elementary classes return first, Superintendent Phil Thornton said Tuesday as he updated the Warwick School Committee on his collaboration with state education officials on reopening […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick School Department] The Warwick School Committee reviewed Superintendent Phil Thornton's FY21 school budget request April 21, 2020.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Warwick-School-Committee-April-21-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee plans a vote on Superintendent Phil Thornton’s recommended $181,438,668 Fy21 school budget on April 28, a 6.5 percent increase the Finance Director said the […]
WARWICK, R.I. — Mayor Joseph J. Solomon announced his interest to “extend negotiation” with Warwick Schools on their budget deficit in a release Superintendent Philip Thornton called ‘deliberately misleading,’ while […]
![[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 – The School Committee reviewed Superintendent Philip Thornton’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget Monday, which will add another $9.6 million to a budget with a pre-existing $8.5 million deficit in […]
![{CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] Warwick Schools Administration is headquartered at 69 Draper Ave.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Warwick-Schools-Draper-Avenue-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Public Schools’ recent lawsuit against the City seeking a $4.9 million increase for the current 2018-2019 budget signals the district can’t wait any longer, Superintendent Phil […]
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Scott Avedisian, Council President Joseph Solomon and Superintendent Philip Thornton joined students and faculty at Hoxsie School for a tree planting ceremony in recognition of Arbor Day Friday, […]
Superintendent Phil Thornton told the School Committee and about 30 people gathered for Wednesday’s School Committee meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High’s auditorium that the district needs $1.5 million in addition to the $3 million set aside by the Warwick City Council to pay teacher back pay they pledged as part of the new teacher contract signed in November.
Warwick, RI — Warwick Teachers Union President Darlene Netcoh announced via press release this morning that the union has voted no confidence in Supt. Philip Thornton and School Committee Chairwoman Bethany […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools Superintendent Phil Thornton says fire alarm systems at Norwood and Holliman elementary schools are on track to be repaired April 7, while City Councillors and one School […]
Warwick Public Schools Superintendent Phil Thornton reported this afternoon that a high-pressure “jetting” cleaning of the Warwick Veterans Jr. High septic system by Diffley Septic, Sewer & Drains, Inc. has cleared a clog believed responsible for septic problems and a backup into a physical therapy room last week.
A puddle created by a septic system backup today at Warwick Veterans Jr. High School has been cleaned will not disrupt a dance scheduled tonight at the school, said Supt. Phil Thornton, though fixing the issue that caused it, tying the back half of the school into the city’s sewers and building a pumping station, may cost an estimated $250,000.
