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![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] Lisa Schultz, Director of Curriculum, reported Warwick School math and English testing progress during the Nov. 14 School Committee meeting.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Warwick-RICAS-Scores-2023-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — While the School Committee has praised progress among certain schools in English and Math on Warwick RICAS scores, the district has plans to address four schools that […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] New Oakland Beach Principal Matt Yates is excited to begin the new school year.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Matt-Yates-Oakland-Beach-Principal-2-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Lunches are packed and bus schedules set as Oakland Beach School students return to a fresh face welcoming them to the halls with new Principal Matthew Yates. […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Public Schools Administration is located at 69 Draper Ave.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Extreme heat forecast for the next few days has prompted school officials to call an extreme heat half day Thursday and cancel school sports for the afternoon. […]
WARWICK, RI — Bringing a wealth of personal educational experiences to his new role as the new Lippitt Principal, Eric Pagan is zealous about the start of the 2023-24 school […]
![[Photo courtesy Jeff Goss] Jeff Goss will begin the new school year as principal of Warwick Veterans Middle School Sept. 6.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jeff-Goss-Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School-new-Principal-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Students, staff and families of the Warwick Veterans Middle School community will be kicking off the new school year, on Sept. 6, with a new captain at the […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] Mayor Frank Picozzi's $353M Warwick Budget kept the city's tax mix as-is and added more than $1 million to Warwick Public Schools' request.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Warwick-Budget-2023-Picozzi-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council approved a $353.2 million FY24 Warwick budget unaltered at the bottom line Thursday night without the lion’s share of an additional $1.4 million […]
WARWICK, RI —Nationwide staffing challenges are also creating a bus driver shortage and lack of crossing guard staffing in Warwick, with no easy or complete solutions, the Warwick School Committee […]
WARWICK, RI – Warwick School officials are upbeat about the latest round of English & Math RICAS scores that buck a downward national trend for 2021-2022. During a presentation to […]
WARWICK, RI — U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s federal school safety legislation efforts and the grant writing skill of Warwick Schools’ Director of Technology Jeff Taylor have landed $358,273 in federal […]
![[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 Warwick School Committee meets at 6 p.m. in the Warwick Veterans Memorial auditorium to consider updating a number of policies ranging from pandemic measures to security […]
WARWICK, RI – Warwick Public School’s proposed 2023 budget is $179.5 million, a 4.5 percent increase over the current fiscal year. Tim McGrath, the district’s financial director, told the School […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation (RIHEBC) closed on a $23.83 million school improvement bond issue for Warwick Public Schools March 9. The closure generated […]
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick School Department](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] A photo of students, unmasked, dancing at the Nov. 6 Pilgrim homecoming dance tied to a COVID-19 outbreak. Pilgrim School officials ignored several pandemic safety rules during the dance.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pilgrim-Homecoming-dance-COVID-4-140x140.jpg)
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![[CREDIT: WSC] The Warwick School Committee during its Aug. 25 2021 meeting.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Warwick-School-Committee-Aug-25-21-140x140.jpg)
Editor’s note: This story’s headline and lead originally reported five schools were delayed, though the story reported all six that have been delayed. WARWICK,RI — The beginning of classes will […]
![{CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] Warwick Schools Administration is headquartered at 69 Draper Ave.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Warwick-Schools-Draper-Avenue-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee is hosting a community meeting for the public to review the high school plans, including educational practices and future facilities to support them, […]
![[Joe Siegel] The Warwick School Committee delayed in-person schooling till Jan. 4 as COVID-19 cases spike in the state and mount within schools.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Warwck-School-Committee-Dec.-1-2020-140x140.jpg)
“We’ve had an incident of that going on where someone sent their child to school and now two people are very sick from it. It’s nerve-wracking for everybody.” — Judith […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick School Committee] The Warwick School Committee meeting streamed via zoom on YouTube Nov. 10, 2020.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Warwick-School-Committee-Nov.-10-2020-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School District projects a year-end budget deficit of $6.2 million, resulting from COVID-19 related staff increases and unrealized contract concessions, Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] The Warwick School Committee adopted a new public comment policy limiting the number of comments, their time and word count during their Nov. 2, 2020 meeting.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Warwick-School-Committee-Nov.-2-meeting-public-comments-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – The School Committee adopted a new public comments policy Monday night limiting how many words someone can say and the time they have to say it. The […]
WARWICK, RI— The Winman and Toll Gate schools may not be ready for full-time, in-person learning anytime soon. The two secondary schools are still not where they need to be […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick School Committee] Teachers and faculty expressed anger and outrage at Warwick School Committee President Karen Bachus during the body's Oct. 20, 2020 meeting. The criticism followed her public comments about criticism parents had expressed about distance learning.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Warwick-School-Committee-Oct.-27-2020-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK – Teachers and faculty members of the Warwick Public Schools expressed their outrage over comments made by School Committee chairwoman Karen Bachus at the Oct. 20 meeting. Bachus alleged […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Schools officials have reported a Warwick Veterans COVID-19 case in the first week of in-person learning there.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School-300x225.jpg)
If you appreciate important news about Warwick that goes further than Facebook, please consider subscribing to Warwick Post WARWICK, RI — An unknown number of Warwick Veterans teachers, students and […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Schools] The Warwick School Committee met for a special meeting to discuss air flow and returning students to in-person learning Thursday night.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Warwick-School-Committee-Oct.-1-2020-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick’s School Committee spent its first hour in executive session Thursday night, returning at 6:45 p.m. with no votes to report, proceeding to discuss returning Warwick Schools […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Post] Warwick School Committee Vice Chair Judy Cobden has filed a restraining order against her friend Warwick School Committee Chairwoman Karen Bachus.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cobden-Bachus-Warwick-School-Committee-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Longtime friends School Committee Chairwoman Karen Bachus and Vice Chair Judith Cobden say their service to Warwick Schools remains their focus despite an argument that entered public […]
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee has made Warwick Schools masks mandatory this fall, but doubts from teachers and officials remain over whether it will be safe for students […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools are in store for a lot of new playgrounds, starting with Warwick Neck and Lippitt Elementary Schools, thanks to the first $6,180,902 release of the […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] An organizational chart showing a new Assistant Superintendent/Executive Program Director would hold in the school administration hierarchy.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Warwick-School-Committee-01-14-20-Organizational-Chart-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee will debate the addition of an an Assistant Superintendent to the Warwick Schools administration Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at Warwick Veterans Middle School, […]
![[NWS] The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory, and several area schools, including Warwick Schools, have cancelled classes for the day.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/National-Weather-Service-Advisory-Dec.-17-update-140x140.png)
UPDATE: 12:02 p.m.: Tonight’s School Committee Meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, Dec. 19, 5 p.m., Gorton Administration Room 105. Recognitions will take place in January. The Public Session […]
![[CREDIT: File Photo] Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 W Shore Road.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Warwick-Veterans-School-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee met Thursday, approving student penalties for failing to keep phones turned off and out of sight, agreeing to separately schedule professional development and […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] School Finance Director Anthony Ferrucci during his Jan.17, 2018 presentation on the need for an additional $1.5 million, added to the $3 million set aside in May, to settle the teachers contract without cuts to programs.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Ferucci-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, R.I. — Warwick City Council’s Intergovernmental Committee approved a vote of no confidence in Warwick Public Schools Finance Director Anthony Ferrucci Tuesday night on a 2-1 vote, following their […]
WARWICK, R.I. — The Warwick City Council has scheduled the FY2020 budget hearings for the city starting May 28, launching the department-spanning spending review with the Warwick School Department’s $7.7 […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools won’t pick and choose which families of Warwick Schools students owing a total of $77,000 to the city’s school lunch program get donated relief, […]
Warwick – The School Committee reviewed Superintendent Philip Thornton’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget Monday, which will add another $9.6 million to a budget with a pre-existing $8.5 million deficit in […]
Warwick, RI – Happy Tuesday! It’s a New Year, so put a new calendar on your shopping list, remember to write an 19 at the end when you date your […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Public Schools’ recent lawsuit against the City seeking a $4.9 million increase for the current 2018-2019 budget signals the district can’t wait any longer, Superintendent Phil […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Solomon's Office] Solomon joined officials including Sarah Theberge, president of the Warwick Council of PTAs, to urge support for Question 4 on the Nov. 4 ballot granting the School Department $40 million for infrastructure upgrades.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SolomonBond-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Joseph J. Solomon urged voters approval of a $40 million bond providing several infrastructure improvements throughout the school district. Solomon joined about 20 people including school officials, […]
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Joseph J. Solomon has announced he will begin hosting monthly coffee-hour style meetings for representatives of the City’s Parent-Teacher Associations and Organizations (PTAs and PTOs). The meetings are intended to […]
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Joseph Solomon Sr. has proposed the City of Warwick could aid the Warwick School Department with their budget shortage by assuming $1.7 million of the schools’ […]
