Committee OKs 15 Teacher Layoffs, $1.9M Cuts Remain
By: Joe Siegel on May 28, 2025 in Schools, News to You
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee approved 15 teacher layoffs Tuesday on a 4-1 vote, which still leaves the district with a $1.9 million FY26 deficit. The district’s FY26 budget […]
Council, Schools Meet May 14 on Warwick Schools Budget
By: Rob Borkowski on May 12, 2025 in News to You, Schools
Editor’s note: The May 14 Warwick Schools Budget Commission meeting referenced in this article has been cancelled due to members’ scheduling conflicts. WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Schools Budget is […]
Kuntze Named to Warwick Schools Budget Commission
By: Rob Borkowski on March 27, 2025 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — Gov. Dan McKee is expected to sign the Warwick Schools Budget Commission legislation into law (2025-S 0242), and Sherri Kuntze, audit Manager at Cavanagh CPAs & Associates, […]
Council Seeks Coventry Schools Deficit Oversight
By: Rob Borkowski on February 26, 2025 in Coventry, RI news, Schools
COVENTRY, RI —The Coventry Town Council unanimously passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to enact legislation authorizing town Coventry Schools deficit oversight. In a statement about the resolution from […]
WPS Finance Director Bohl Resigns Feb.19 During ‘Investigation’
By: Rob Borkowski on February 19, 2025 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools Finance Director Brandon Bohl has resigned a week after he was placed on paid administrative leave Feb. 12 as an outside consultant helping him investigated […]
Committee Cuts FY25 Warwick Schools Deficit to $3M
By: Rob Borkowski on February 12, 2025 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI – Tuesday night the School Committee cut another $ 2.6 million from their budget, bringing an original $9 million FY25 deficit down to $3.1 million. The vote was […]
Committee Mulls FY22 Deficit, Longer School Walking Distance
By: Rob Borkowski on May 10, 2022 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee meets at 6 p.m. in the Warwick Veterans Memorial auditorium to consider updating a number of policies ranging from pandemic measures to security […]
School Committee Reviews $7M Deficit, Bussing
By: Joe Siegel on November 18, 2021 in Schools, Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI— The Warwick School Department is projecting a year-end $7 million deficit. Last July, a $173 million budget was approved for FY22. The latest estimates from the finance department […]
Warwick Finance Department Irons Out FY21 Budget Bugs
By: Rob Borkowski on February 3, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Warwick’s Finance Department, led by new Finance director Peder Schaefer, filed its mid-year review of the FY21 budget, projects a $1.2 million deficit, offset by a $1.9 […]
Warwick Schools Face $6.2M Deficit, COVID-19 Risks
By: Joe Siegel on November 11, 2020 in Schools
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School District projects a year-end budget deficit of $6.2 million, resulting from COVID-19 related staff increases and unrealized contract concessions, Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci […]
Schools’ Budget Ask Would Have Added $104 to Median Tax Bill
By: Rob Borkowski on June 27, 2019 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, R.I. — When Warwick high school students protested $7.7 million cut from school programs last week, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon said the money’s there, but even a maximum 4 […]
Ferrucci: Warwick Schools May Face $12M Deficit Next Year
By: Rob Borkowski on February 17, 2019 in Uncategorized
WARWICK – Warwick Public Schools Executive Director of Finance and Operations Anthony Ferrucci noted during Thursday’s School Committee meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High School that the district could face […]
Council Considers Adding $800K to Paving Funds, Restricting Open Fires Tonight
By: Rob Borkowski on October 15, 2014 in News to You
Warwick, RI – The Warwick City Council meets tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss, among other topics, adding $800,000 to the paving budget and restricting open fires to recreational use.
Mayor Finalizes $289.2 Million Budget Sans Signature
By: Rob Borkowski on June 13, 2014 in All Politics Are Local, Breaking News, News to You
Warwick, RI – Mayor Scott Avedisian has finalized the FY2015 budget, which includes the City Council’s extra $400,000 for schools with a correspondingly higher tax rate, without signing it. The extra […]
Avedisian: Council’s Veto Override Leaves $400,000 Deficit
By: Rob Borkowski on June 11, 2014 in News to You
Warwick, RI Mayor Scott Avedisian said Wednesday he’d try to avoid raising taxes following the City Council’s override of his veto on an extra $400,000 in school funding.