New High Schools $50M Bond Vote Fails
By: Rob Borkowski on February 4, 2026 in News to You, Elections, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The $50 million bond supplementing the new high school project’s sports fields failed by 748 votes Tuesday, Feb. 3, forcing work to “significantly reduce” the scope of […]
New High Schools Bond Early Voting Day Added Jan. 31
By: Rob Borkowski on January 28, 2026 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — City offices closed Monday due to the snowstorm as early voting continued on a new $50 million bond for the new high schools replacing Pilgrim High and […]
New High Schools $50M Bond Vote Feb. 3
By: Rob Borkowski on January 7, 2026 in Schools, News to You
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New High Schools Update Forum Jan. 6
By: Rob Borkowski on December 1, 2025 in News to You, Business
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee will host a public forum update on the new Warwick high schools project on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium […]
Council OKs $50M New High Schools Bond Ask
By: Rob Borkowski on April 28, 2025 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council approved seeking a $50 million new high schools bond last week supplementing the $350 million bond for the project. Council asks for New […]
Committee OKs $32.6M for New High Schools Work
By: Joe Siegel on April 9, 2025 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee voted 5 to 0 Tuesday to allocate $32.6 million to start work on the new high schools project replacing Toll Gate and Pilgrim high […]
Council Rejects New High Schools Special Election 7-2
By: Rob Borkowski on February 10, 2025 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council rejected a resolution for a special election to revoke authority for further debt for the $350 million bond for two new high schools, […]
New High Schools Cost Review Continues Tonight, 6 p.m.
By: Rob Borkowski on January 30, 2025 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — There’s still $22.9 million to cut from the new high schools cost before it’s within the original $350 million voter-approved bond, and what is cut next, or […]
New High Schools Cost Overruns Cut to $22.9M
By: Joe Siegel on January 29, 2025 in Schools
WARWICK, RI – Budget overruns for the new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools have been reduced from $37.8 million to $22.9 million, Left Field Project Management’s Chris Spiegel told […]
Committee Reviews 200 New High Schools Cuts
By: Joe Siegel on December 11, 2024 in Schools, News to You
WARWICK, RI — Left Field Project Management presented a list of 200 new high schools cuts, items to remove from new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools’ designs, during the […]
New High Schools Cost Rises $37.8M
By: Joe Siegel on October 23, 2024 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The new high schools cost, bonded for $350 million, has climbed $37.8 million, for a total $387.8 million, drawing a complaints from people who predicted rising costs […]
New High Schools Overrun Will Exceed $350M Bond
By: Rob Borkowski on October 18, 2024 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The new high schools overrun will undoubtedly exceed the $350 million bond voters approved for the work, School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan said, and he’s been telling […]
New High Schools Sites Assessment Nearly Done
By: Joe Siegel on October 8, 2024 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — An environmental assessment of the new High Schools sites will be concluding soon, Chris Spiegel, spokesman for Left Field Project Management, told Warwick School Committee members. The […]
Architects Present Toll Gate & Pilgrim’s New High Schools Designs
By: Joe Siegel on August 23, 2024 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Construction of Toll Gate & Pilgrim’s new high schools begins March 2025 and is expected to wrap June 2027, the public learned during an information session […]
New High Schools Project Enabling Work Begins July 16
By: Joe Siegel on July 10, 2024 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Although construction for new high schools replacing the Toll Gate and Pilgrim buildings is set for March 2025, the project is still very much a work in […]
New High Schools: Dimeo Construction Named Construction Manager
By: Joe Siegel on April 10, 2024 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — Tuesday, the School Committee approved Dimeo Construction as the new high schools project Construction Manager, to replace Pilgrim and Toll Gate High Schools. Construction on the project […]
Council Releases $350M New High Schools Bonds
By: Rob Borkowski on September 19, 2023 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council voted 8-1 to release $350 million in building bonds for two new high schools Monday, though a new estimate shows the voter-approved plan […]
New High Schools Cost Study Due End of August
By: Rob Borkowski on August 7, 2023 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister reports the $85,000 independent high school cost analysis report is due at the end of the month. “We are on target […]
Committee Supports Extending New High Schools Project Window
By: Joe Siegel on April 26, 2023 in News to You, Schools
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported the matter voted on Tuesday night. The vote concerned support for extending the start and end deadlines on for work on […]
Council Update: New High Schools Study Pending
By: Steve McAllister on March 27, 2023 in News to You
Editor’s note: The following column is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice […]
Netcoh Praises Vote for $350M New High Schools Bond
By: Joe Siegel on November 11, 2022 in Schools, Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — Darlene Netcoh, President of the Warwick Teachers Union, praised Tuesday’s approval of the $350 million bond to replace Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools during Wednesday night’s […]
Committee Seeks Voter Support for New High Schools
By: Rob Borkowski on March 9, 2022 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI – Plans to build two new high schools have won City Council support, moving Warwick Schools’ efforts toward winning voter support for the projects totaling $350 million. The […]
Council OKs $350M New High Schools Plan Review
By: Rob Borkowski on February 11, 2022 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council unanimously approved support of Warwick Schools’ $350 million plan for construction of two new high schools during their Monday meeting. City Council President […]
New Warwick High Schools Build Begins in Late 2024
By: Joe Siegel on March 12, 2024 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — The new Warwick High Schools construction projects will start in November or December, said Chris Spiegel, Senior Project Manager for Left Field Project Management during Tuesday’s Warwick […]