[CREDIT: Rob Borklowski] Warwick City Hall on Post Road. The Warwick City Council's first meeting adjusts rules on meeting agendas, moving public comment one item later, and preserves a rule cited in a First Amendment Lawsuit against the Council.

City Warwick Schools Budget Commission Appointees Named

By: Rob Borkowski on April 18, 2025 in News to You, Schools

WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi’s three appointees to the Warwick Schools Budget Commission, dated April 9, are now public in Warwick City Council documents released with the agenda for […]

Coventry Schools's finance director Chris DeVerna estimates an cumulative $5M Coventry Schools deficit, which the RI General Auditor says calls for a meeting to discuss the challlenge and make a plan to address it.

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 […]

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick School Department

School Committee To Vote on 2023 School Budget Tonight

By: Joe Siegel on April 28, 2022 in Schools

WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee will vote on a proposed 2023 Warwick Schools budget tonight, which currently stands at a $5.8 million increase, $179.5 million. The Committee voted […]

[CREDIT: YouTube screenshot] On Wednesday, the Warwick School Committee learned in-person school will cost $15 million.

Ferrucci: In-Person School, $15M, Distance Learning $4M

By: Joe Siegel on July 30, 2020 in COVID-19, Schools

Warwick – The School Committee’s Reopening Task Force estimates in-person school costs this fall at $15 million, while distance learning’s cost is $4 million, Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci told […]

Warwick City Council Adds $1.5M for Schools, $4M to Paving

By: Rob Borkowski on June 2, 2018 in News to You

WARWICK, RI — Councillors added $1.5 million to the School Department Budget, and $4 million to the paving budget in the early minutes of the Warwick City Council’s Saturday vote […]

School Committee Cuts $1.3 Million, Including Chromebooks, Software, Tech Supplies

By: Rob Borkowski on January 24, 2018 in Schools

The Warwick School Committee cut $1.3 million to balance the FY2018 School budget during their special meeting Jan. 18, taking $250,000 budgeted for Chromebooks, $150,000 for software and $100,000 for technology supplies out of the spending plan, among several items.

Schools Report $191,000 Surplus for 2016, Announce 31 Teacher Layoffs

By: Rob Borkowski on May 10, 2017 in Schools

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools will end 2016 with a $191,000 surplus, may lay off 31 teachers, and will spend the next two summers repairing Warwick Veterans Jr. High’s HVAC […]

Hearings Begin Saturday on Proposed $298.7 Million Budget

By: Rob Borkowski on May 19, 2016 in News to You

Homes are worth more following the state mandated property revaluation in 2015, so Mayor Scott Avedisian’s proposed $298,728,119 FY2017 budget — the hearings for which begin Saturday — drops tax rates.