Budget Commission Seeks School Grants Control
By: Joe Siegel on December 10, 2025 in News to You, Schools
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Warwick Schools Math Programs Awarded $80K Grant
By: Rob Borkowski on February 13, 2025 in Schools, News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — Gov. Dan McKee and RIDE Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green met school and community leaders at Providence’s Asa Messer Elementary School Thursday, announcing $2.8 million in Learn365RI grants, […]
AFL-CIO Protests Non-Union RIDE Bus Drivers, Staff
By: Rob Borkowski on May 8, 2024 in News to You, Schools
PROVIDENCE, RI — As nationwide bus driver staffing shortages persist, union bus drivers, monitors and aides ask Rhode Island’s Department of Education (RIDE) to stop courting the largely non-union company […]
Reed Delivers $877K for RIDE School Modernization Plans
By: Rob Borkowski on November 16, 2023 in News to You, Schools
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced a new $876,792 federal grant for the Rhode Island Department of Education – RIDE school modernization , preventing environmental health risks, […]
Warwick Schools Hire New Finance Director
By: Joe Siegel on May 11, 2023 in Schools
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee hired a new finance director and reviewed the district’s recent performance in The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) report card scores for […]
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 […]
Committee Sends $350M Warwick High School Plan to Council
By: Joe Siegel on February 3, 2022 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick City Council will soon be voting on the fate of a $350 million project to replace the two Warwick high schools. The School Committee voted […]
RI In-Person Fall Classes: Details Outstanding
By: Rob Borkowski on June 12, 2020 in COVID-19, Schools
WARWICK, RI — Superintendent Philip Thornton knows when the state wants Warwick Schools to return to in-person fall classes — he just doesn’t know how. Wednesday, the morning after Thornton […]
Raimondo: In-Person Classes Return Aug. 31
By: Rob Borkowski on June 10, 2020 in COVID-19, News to You
PROVIDENCE — On Wednesday, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced all school districts are aiming to return to in-person classes Aug. 31, using a statewide 2020-2021 calendar for all public school […]
COVID-19: RI Education Department Orders Remote Learning Plans
By: Rob Borkowski on March 12, 2020 in COVID-19, News to You
PROVIDENCE — RI Commissioner of Education Angélica M. Infante-Green has ordered RI school districts to develop remote-learning instruction plans, due March 19. Infante-Green instructed school districts to submit the plans […]
McNamara: RIDE Should Adopt Remote Learning
By: Rob Borkowski on March 6, 2020 in News to You
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston), chairman of the House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare, wants the Department of Education to establish remote learning […]
McNamara Bill Would Ease Field Trip Fundraising
By: Rob Borkowski on January 14, 2020 in Schools
PROVIDENCE — Rep. Joseph M. McNamara’s (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) bill would make it easier for school districts to raise money for field trips and dances, which may help restore […]
Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick Offers Cool Summer Spot for City’s Kids
By: Beth Hurd on July 30, 2016 in Good Times
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick provided youths relief from the week’s extreme heat Tuesday in the organization’s air-conditioned Oakland Beach facility, where there’s also respite from hunger and idle summer days, thanks to RI Department of Education and Champlin Foundation funds, along with a $25k grant for Warwick family scholarships.
Warwick Schools Trail State Average on PARCC Scores
By: Rob Borkowski on November 18, 2015 in News to You, Schools
Districts state wide show room for improvement on the 2015 PARCC score test of Common Core readiness, with Warwick behind state averages in Geography, Algebra 1, and ELA/Literacy.