Classes at Warwick Veterans Jr. High School have been canceled today for elevated teacher absences as a dispute over a long-expired contract between teachers and the Warwick School Committee after […]
![[CREDIT: File Photo] Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 W Shore Rd,](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Warwick-Veterans-School-200x150.jpg "Veterans Jr. High Classes Canceled Due to Teacher Absences")
Gallant Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Stabbing, To Serve 25 Years at ACI
Gallant Pleads 'No Contest' to Stabbing, To Serve 25 Years at ACI
RI Trooper Log: Arrests for DUI, Drug Possession, Court Scofflaw
RI Trooper Log: Arrests for DUI, Drug Possession, Court Scofflaw
Woman Surprises Couple With Evening Irving Road Basement Break-In
Woman Surprises Couple With Evening Irving Road Basement Break-In
Ragosta: WTU, Committee Mediation Hinged on Education, Not Money
Ragosta: WTU, Committee Mediation Hinged on Education, Not Money
Mediator: WTU, School Committee Reach Tentative Agreement
Mediator: WTU, School Committee Reach Tentative Agreement
Tag Archives | Warwick School Committee
WTU Announces No-Confidence Vote in Thornton, Furtado
Warwick, RI — Warwick Teachers Union President Darlene Netcoh announced via press release this morning that the union has voted no confidence in Supt. Philip Thornton and School Committee Chairwoman Bethany […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee meets Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. at Toll Gate High School.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Toll-Gate-High-200x150.jpg "Committee Hires New Fire Extinguisher Vendor, Returns Admin Building to City")
Committee Hires New Fire Extinguisher Vendor, Returns Admin Building to City
The Warwick School Committee voted to turn the former school administration building at 34 Warwick Lake Ave. back over to the city Tuesday night, the latest move in the district’s […]
![[CREDIT: WTU] About 600 teachers picketed Warwick City Hall Sept. 7 to protest what they say are unreasonable demands by the Warwick School Committee.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WTU-pickett-97_3-200x150.jpg "Warwick Teachers Picket City Hall, Call for Contract Resolution")
Warwick Teachers Picket City Hall, Call for Contract Resolution
On Sept. 5, Warwick Teachers Union (WTU) membership met and voted to reject the Warwick School Committee’s Aug. 23 “final offer,” then rallied about 600 teachers for another picket of […]
Warwick Teachers Union, School Department Differ on Contract Impasse Points
WARWICK, RI — A new contract between the Warwick Teachers Union and Warwick School Department, overdue since 2015, remains in the aspirational realm after the union rejected the district’s latest […]
School Committee Can’t Spin Bad Optics of Hiring PR Firm
Warwick, RI — When the going gets tough, the tough… hire a PR firm? That seems to be the modern twist to the old saying, as the Warwick School Department […]
Smith: Update Due on Warwick Schools Investigation into Mercurio Complaints
Corey Smith addressed the Warwick School Committee Aug. 15, protesting the district’s failure to update parents on an investigation of their complaints that Cedar Hill School Principal Colleen Mecurio mishandled […]
Video: Gothberg Presents Update on School Building Work
Director of Buildings and Grounds Steven Gothberg updated the Warwick School Committee on HVAC upgrades to Warwick Veterans Jr. High and conversion of the Gorton building into administrative space Tuesday […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee, from left, Karen Bachus, David Testa, Eugene Nadeau and Beth Furtado. Terri Medeiros is not pictured.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/School-Com-July-15-200x150.jpg "School Committee Wrings 1.5 Elementary Guidance Counselors Out of Budget")
School Committee Wrings 1.5 Elementary Guidance Counselors Out of Budget
The Warwick School Committee cut $155,000 from eight line items in the district budget Tuesday night at Toll Gate High’s auditorium, piecing together funding to bring back one and a […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Public Schools](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Warwick-Schools-200x150.jpg "School Committee to Discuss Union Talks, Funds Hinging on Agreement")
School Committee to Discuss Union Talks, Funds Hinging on Agreement
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee’s meeting tonight at 5 p.m. will touch on union negotiations in executive session, followed by a review of budget items to be culled […]
Bachus Questions ‘Emergency’ Purchase of Gorton Air Conditioners
A $36,000 emergency purchase of air conditioners for administrators at the Gorton School building raised School Committee member Karen Bachus’ ire during the board’s July 11 meeting, but School Finance […]
![[CREDIT: Corey Smith] A YouTube video of Corey Smith reading a petition calling for the removal of Cedar Hill School Principal Colleen Mercurio over her handling of reports of sexual abuse between students on a bus.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Corey-Smith-School-Com-200x150.png "Warwick Schools Investigating Cedar Hill Principal’s Handling of Bus Sexual Assault Report")
Warwick Schools Investigating Cedar Hill Principal’s Handling of Bus Sexual Assault Report
A petition on Change.org with 73 supporters calls for the removal of Cedar Hill Principal Colleen Mercurio over her handling of a report of sexual abuse between two students on […]
