Warwick, RI – The Warwick School Committee voted Tuesday at Warwick Veterans Jr. High to accept School Superintendent Phil Thornton’s recommendation to allow Norwood Elementary School Principal John Gannon’s contract to expire […]
![[CREDIT: File Photo] Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 W Shore Rd,](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Warwick-Veterans-School-200x150.jpg "School Committee Votes to let Gannon’s Contract Expire, OKs $40M School Repair Bond")
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Archive | Schools
![[CREDIT: WPD] Norwood School was briefly evacuated Tuesday morning when a heat ventilator malfunctioned and started smoking. Classes resumed at about 10:30 a.m.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Norwood-School-200x150.jpg "Norwood School Staff Sign Letter Calling to Keep Principal Gannon")
Norwood School Staff Sign Letter Calling to Keep Principal Gannon
Norwood Elementary School Principal John Gannon’s contract, up for renewal, is in doubt, and 32 faculty and staff there hoping to save his job have signed a letter asking the […]
![[CREDIT: WPD] Cedar Hill School Principal Colleen Mercurio.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Colleen-Mercurio-200x150.jpg "Cedar Hill Student’s Parents Sue Warwick, Mercurio, Alleging Ignored Abuse")
Cedar Hill Student’s Parents Sue Warwick, Mercurio, Alleging Ignored Abuse
WARWICK, RI — The parents of a Cedar Hill School student diagnosed with autism have sued the City of Warwick and Principal Colleen Mercurio, claiming the City and Warwick Schools […]
![[CREDIT: RI Foundation] The Rhode Island Foundation is located at One Union Station in downtown Providence.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RI-Foundation-200x150.jpg "RI Foundation Offers College Scholarships up to $80K, Application Deadline Feb. 12")
RI Foundation Offers College Scholarships up to $80K, Application Deadline Feb. 12
PROVIDENCE, RI — High school seniors have until Feb. 12 to apply for college scholarships of up to $80,000 through the Carter Roger Williams Initiative at the Rhode Island Foundation. Conceived of and funded by […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee during their Jan. 10 meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/School-Committee-Jan.-10-200x150.jpg "School Committee Cuts $1.3 Million, Including Chromebooks, Software, Tech Supplies")
School Committee Cuts $1.3 Million, Including Chromebooks, Software, Tech Supplies
The Warwick School Committee cut $1.3 million to balance the FY2018 School budget during their special meeting Jan. 18, taking $250,000 budgeted for Chromebooks, $150,000 for software and $100,000 for […]
Norwood Elementary Classes Interrupted by Smoking Heat Ventilator Tuesday
Tuesday classes at Norwood Elementary School were briefly interrupted Tuesday morning after officials moved students into the nearby Boys and Girls Club while a smoking heating unit ventilator was shut […]
Burst Pipes at Toll Gate Cancels Monday Classes, School Committee Moved to Wednesday
Burst pipes cancelled classes for Toll Gate High School students Monday afternoon and have also spurred the rescheduling of Tuesday’s Warwick School Committee meeting, which normally meets in the building’s […]
Council President: Schools’ Requesting December Docket Item Releasing $3 Million for WTU Contract Unrealistic
The Warwick School Committee agreement with the Warwick Teachers Union including back pay checks to be sent Dec. 21, was approved by each Nov. 15, and Nov. 21, respectively, but […]
![{CREDIT: WTU] The Warwick Teachers Union approved the arbitrator's agreement OK'd by the Warwick School Committee last week.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/WTU-200x150.png "Teacher Back Pay Delayed, WTU Plans Pickets of School Committee, Admin")
Teacher Back Pay Delayed, WTU Plans Pickets of School Committee, Admin
With a contract agreement signed by the Warwick Teachers Union and the Warwick School Committee, teacher picket lines seemed on extended hiatus, but the School Department is poised to violate […]
School Committee OKs Arbitrator’s Agreement, Bachus, Nadeau to Study Sixth Grade Consolidation
The Warwick School Committee unanimously approved the agreement reached Oct. 16 at City Hall between members of the Warwick School Committee and Warwick Teacher’s Union during their Nov. 15 meeting […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] Oakland Beach School is at 383 Oakland Beach Ave. classes cancelled at the school for Monday.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/oakland-beach-school-200x150.jpg "Oakland Beach Classes Canceled Monday")
Oakland Beach Classes Canceled Monday
The third in a series of en-masse teacher absences at individual Warwick Public Schools touched the Oakland Beach Elementary School Community at about 10 p.m. Sunday night as the district […]
Veterans Jr. High Classes Canceled Due to Teacher Absences
Classes at Warwick Veterans Jr. High School have been canceled today for elevated teacher absences as a dispute over a long-expired contract between teachers and the Warwick School Committee after […]
