Warwick School Committee Approves Five Teacher Layoffs
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
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School Committee Sends Four Teacher Layoff Notices
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] The Warwick School Committee voted 4-1 for dozens of Warwick teacher layoffs May 18.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Warwick-Schools-Teacher-Layoffs-Warwick-School-Committee-May-18-2021-140x140.png)
School Committee OKs 24 Warwick Teacher Layoffs 4-1
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
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
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
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
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
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.
