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 […]
Warwick School Committee Approves Five Teacher Layoffs
By: Joe Siegel on May 14, 2024 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee voted 4 to 1 Tuesday to approve five teacher layoffs for the next school year, including three art teachers, a business teacher at Warwick […]
School Committee Sends Four Teacher Layoff Notices
By: Joe Siegel on May 24, 2022 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee voted 4 to 1 Tuesday to send out layoff notices to four teachers in the district following a brief executive session at Warwick Veterans […]
School Committee OKs 24 Warwick Teacher Layoffs 4-1
By: Joe Siegel on May 19, 2021 in Schools
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee approved 24 Warwick teacher layoffs Tuesay night, citing declining enrollment as a factor in their decision. In April, Robert Baxter, the Director of […]
FY22 School Budget: 34 Teacher Layoffs, No Program Cuts
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on April 16, 2021 in News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI — All Warwick schools would remain open, school busses would return to full capacity, and student programs would remain intact under the proposed FY22 budget reviewed by the […]
School Committee to Discuss Teacher Layoffs, Superintendent Performance May 15
By: Rob Borkowski on May 14, 2018 in News to You, Schools
The Warwick School Committee will meet in executive session 6 p.m. May 15 in the Veterans Middle School Auditorium to discuss teacher layoffs and the performance of Superintendent Philip Thornton before convening in open session at an unspecified time to discuss the layoffs, middle administration/principal appointments, and a number of contract awards.
School Department Asks $1.7 Million Beyond Mayor’s Proposal
By: Rob Borkowski on May 27, 2017 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Warwick City Council members acknowledged their lack of leverage over the School Committee’s $167, 016,615 for FY18 budget beyond the bottom line Friday night, but critiqued the details anyway. What was really at […]
Warwick Budget Hearings Begin with Schools’ $167 Million Budget Tonight
By: Rob Borkowski on May 26, 2017 in News to You, Schools
Tonight the Warwick City Council begins budget hearings at City Hall with the school department, which has requested $167, 016,615 for FY18, $1.7 million more than Mayor Scott Avedisian has proposed for the department.
Labor Board: School Committee Must Abide by Old Teacher’s Contract
By: Rob Borkowski on June 27, 2016 in Schools
The State Labor Relations Board has ruled the School Committee must honor the expired Teachers Union contract until a new one is agreed on, which would limit the number of teachers laid off this year to 20, not the 65 the board has announced it will let go.