Superintendent: School Safety Training Covers Many Dangers, No Double Standard on Gun Threat
By: Rob Borkowski on February 9, 2017 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — During Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting, Park Elementary teacher and parent Jonathan Lautieri referenced reports of a Toll Gate student who had threatened to shoot a fellow student, asking what steps the school department takes to ensure firearms are not brought into schools.
Parent’s ‘No Confidence’ Petition Aimed at Changing Warwick Superintendent’s Approach
By: Rob Borkowski on November 4, 2016 in News to You, Schools
Jennifer St. Jean’s Change.org petition encouraging people to register a vote of no confidence in the leadership of Superintendent Phil Thornton is more about changing top school officials’ approach to running the district, she says, not removing the education chief from his position.
Toll Gate Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Assault Charge
By: Rob Borkowski on November 24, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – The Toll Gate High School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a woman at O’Rourke’s Bar and Grille on Sept. 12 pled not guilty at his arraignment in […]
Toll Gate High Locked Down Briefly Friday Morning on Weapon Rumor
By: Rob Borkowski on November 20, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI, Schools
Toll Gate High School was locked down this morning at about 11 a.m., then taken off alert at about 11:45 a.m. after police and school officials investigated a rumor of a weapon at the school.