School Committee Approves Sinapi Priority Spending Plan
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WARWICK, RI — One day after the Warwick City Council passed a pledge of $4 million in additional spending to Warwick Schools’ 17-point priority list of items to be restored […]
Warwick School Committee
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School Officials: Solomon Rebuffs New FY19 Mediation, Limits FY20 Talk to Sports
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article listed the withdrawal of pension funds among the School Department’s budget balancing steps. While the withdrawal is part of the FY19 budget mediation […]
Schools’ Budget Ask Would Have Added $104 to Median Tax Bill
WARWICK, R.I. — When Warwick high school students protested $7.7 million cut from school programs last week, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon said the money’s there, but even a maximum 4 […]
Warwick School Committee Cuts Sports Program, $7.7M From Budget
WARWICK, R.I. – The Warwick School Committee unanimously approved an amended 2020 budget of $165.9 million Tuesday, cutting $7,753,000, eliminating all sports programs in the district. Ten teacher assistant positions […]
Committee Prepares $7.7M FY20 School Budget Cuts
WARWICK, R.I. — The School Committee is preparing to make major cuts to the 2020 budget after the city council declined their request for an additional $7.7 million, to be […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] School Committee Chair Karen Bachus consults with fellow School Committee person Judy Cobden. School Committee member Nathan Cornell is seated in front of them.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Warwick-Budget-Hearing-Bachus-05-31-19-140x140.jpg)
City Council OKs Solomon’s $322.8M Budget, Leaves Schools As Proposed
WARWICK, R.I. — The Warwick City Council unanimously adopted Mayor Joseph J. Solomon’s $322,881,043 FY20 budget unanimously Friday with no addition to the $508,499 increase for schools and reducing WFD […]
School Committee Revises School Lunch Policy, Reduces Budget Request
WARWICK, R.I. — The Warwick School Committee adopted a revised school free and reduced lunch policy Tuesday and amended its budget request to ask for an additional $7.7 million above […]
School Committee Tuesday: Lunches, Summer School, Pension Payments
WARWICK, R.I. — The Warwick School Committee meets Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. to consider an updated school lunch payment policy, adding a $20,000 summer school program and possibly reducing its […]
School Committee Drops SunButter Sandwich Policy
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated the vote on dropping the SunButter sandwich policy had been delayed. In fact, it was a related policy on collecting lunch debt […]
Committee Cuts Keep Math Interventionists, Teacher Assistants, Mentors in $174.4M Budget
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee cut several line items from Superintendent Philip Thornton’s FY20 budget Thursday night at Warwick Veterans Middle School, making room to restore 6.5 math […]
Committee Aims to Add Math Interventionists, Teacher Assistants, Mentoring to Budget
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School Committee members agreed on restoring $539,000 for 6.5 math interventionists, $500,000 for 10 teacher assistants and $100,000 in mentor funding Wednesday night, adding $1,139,000 to […]
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Committee IDs Potential Cuts to Proposed $174M Warwick Schools Budget
WARWICK, RI — As Warwick School Committee members considered how they might cut as much as $8.5 million from Superintendent Philip Thornton’s FY20 $174.4 million budget, postponing Title XI locker […]
