Town Council OKs $121M Coventry FY25 Budget
![[CREDIT: Town of Coventry] The Coventry Town Council passed the $121M Coventry FY25 Budget May 7.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Coventry-FY25-Budget-300x225.jpg)
COVENTRY, RI — The Town Council unanimously passed a $121M Coventry FY25 budget Tuesday night with a $994K capital budget and a 2.78 percent, $2.1 million Coventry Schools funding increase. […]
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Sen. Leo Raptakis (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, EG, WG) and parents suggest a Coventry Schools Restructure study committee to research Supt. Don Cowarts plan for elementary schools in detail.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Raptakis-Coventry-Schools-Restructure-Plan-300x225.jpg)
Raptakis, Parents Propose Coventry Schools Restructure Study
COVENTRY, RI — Last Thursday, minutes before Superintendent Don Cowart withdrew his Coventry Schools restructure plan, Sen. Lou Raptakis suggested a study committee to examine the idea in depth.
![[CREDIT: Town of Coventry] The Coventry Schools FY25 Increase will need to be 4 percent, said Superintendent Don Cowart.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Coventry-Schools-FY25-Increase-300x225.jpg)
Cowart Seeks 4 Percent Coventry Schools FY25 Increase
Jan. 11: Coventry Schools Restructure Intended to Meet $1.5M Deficit Jan. 13:  Coventry Schools Restructure Vote Delayed Feb. 5: Parents Demand Delay On Coventry Schools Restructure Feb. 8: Cowart Withdraws Coventry Schools Restructure […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A slide in Superintendent Don Cowart's review of his Coventry Schools restructure plan, which many critics said did not adequately answer questions raised Jan. 11.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Coventry-School-Restructure-SC-meeting-Feb.-5-2024-300x225.jpg)
Committee Votes on Coventry Schools Restructure Plan Tonight
COVENTRY, RI — Tonight, at 6 p.m. the School Committee will vote on whether to move forward with Superintendent Don Cowart’s Coventry Schools restructure plan, a move parents have overwhelmingly urged them away from for weeks.
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkoski] Kenneth Spiro addresses the Coventry School Committee Feb. 5, 2024 at Coventry High, telling them Superintendent Don Cowart is "The Titanic" and his Coventry Schools Restructure Plan is an iceberg.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kenneth-Spiro-Coventry-School-Committee-Feb.-8-2024-300x225.jpg)
Parents Demand Delay On Coventry Schools Restructure
COVENTRY, RI — Parents made it clear at the Feb. 8 School Committee meeting they are still not sold on Superintendent Don Cowart’s Coventry Schools restructure plan, dissatisfied with his […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] In Coventry RI news, Hilary Connors speaks about the Coventry Schools Restructure plan at the Jan. 11 School Committee meeting at Coventry Middle School.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Blackrock-Status-Quo-Jan.11-Coventry-School-Restructure-Plan-Comments-300x225.jpg)
Cowart: Blackrock School ‘Status Quo’ Unsustainable
A new meeting to discuss Cowart’s revised proposal will be held by the School Committee Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. at Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Road, Coventry, RI 02816. […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Parents, students and teachers crowded Allan Shawn Feinstein Middle School's auditorium Jan. 11 to oppose a Coventry schools restructure plan that would dissolve Black Rock Elementary School and convert it to an early learning center, reorganizing the remaining elementary schools. Pictured, from left, Ray Roboin, fourth grade teacher, Avery Rossi, 7, and Melissaa Nelson, PTO member.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Coventry-School-Committee-Jan.-11-2023-School-Restructure-3-300x225.jpg)
Coventry Schools Restructure Intended to Meet $1.5M Deficit
COVENTRY, RI — All public speakers at Thursday’s School Committee meeting protested Superintendent Don Cowarts’ Coventry schools restructure around a Black Rock early learning center to bridge a $1.5 million deficit. […]
