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 […]
Bachus: School Committee Race Q&A
By: Rob Borkowski on October 15, 2024 in News to You, Election 2024, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Karen Bachus, an outspoken and often contrarian voice on the Warwick School Committee since she was first elected in 2012, is one of four School Committee candidates […]
Bachus’s Assault Charge Filed; DUI Dropped
By: Rob Borkowski on May 17, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — An assault charge against School Committee member Karen Bachus from her Feb. 18 DUI arrest has been filed and the DUI charge dropped following her no-contest plea […]
Report: Bachus Argumentative, Resisted DUI Arrest
By: Joe Siegel on February 23, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — Officer Keara Enos’ report on the DUI arrest of Karen Bachus, 60, Feb. 18 describes the Warwick School Committee member’s erratic driving, argumentative behavior and assault on […]
Bachus DUI & Assault Charges Prompt Resignation Calls
By: Joe Siegel on February 22, 2023 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Schools
WARWICK, RI – Saturday’s Warwick Police arrest of School Committee member Karen Bachus for DUI and a subsequent assault charge has led to calls for her removal, which only she […]
Cobden Elected Warwick School Committee Chair
By: Joe Siegel on January 13, 2021 in Schools
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 […]
Committee OKs K-5 Full Week In-Person Learning
By: Joe Siegel on November 13, 2020 in COVID-19, Schools
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee approved a return to full week in-person learning for Kindergarten through Grade 5 during their Friday morning meeting, with a start date to […]
Teachers, Faculty Berate Bachus
By: Joe Siegel on October 28, 2020 in COVID-19, Schools
WARWICK – Teachers and faculty members of the Warwick Public Schools expressed their outrage over comments made by School Committee chairwoman Karen Bachus at the Oct. 20 meeting. Bachus alleged […]
Bachus: Parents Raise Concerns About Teaching Schedules
By: Liz Taurasi on October 23, 2020 in COVID-19, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Concerns were raised during Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting about reports that not all teachers are teaching a full day or are available for students when they […]
School Committee Members’ Personal Argument ‘Settled’
By: Rob Borkowski on September 29, 2020 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — Longtime friends School Committee Chairwoman Karen Bachus and Vice Chair Judith Cobden say their service to Warwick Schools remains their focus despite an argument that entered public […]
Warwick Schools Investigating Cedar Hill Principal’s Handling of Bus Sexual Assault Report
By: Rob Borkowski on July 21, 2017 in Schools
A petition on Change.org with 73 supporters calls for the removal of Cedar Hill Principal Colleen Mercurio over her handling of a report of sexual abuse between two students on a bus in the fall of 2016, a complaint Warwick Public Schools Superintendent Phil Thornton says the administration is investigating.
School Committee OKs Elementary Consolidation, Year Delay to Implement
By: Rob Borkowski on October 27, 2016 in Schools
The Warwick School Committee voted 5-1 to approve the Consolidation Committee’s consolidation plan for Warwick elementary schools, but delay it a year as recommended by the panel and Mayor Scott Avedisian, over the protest of parents and teachers.