With the recent release of the 2017-20 Warwick teachers contract [along with the online posting of the 2015-17 pact warwick-post-commentarythat covered the years without a contract in place], the results […]
![The two-year contract dispute in Warwick, which included this student protest over the district's special ed policies, ended with the signing of a new contract in November.
[CREDIT: Beth Hurd]](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WalkoutProtest_12.21.16_1-200x150.jpg "Which Side ‘Won’ the Warwick Teachers Contract Battle?")
Girl Scouts Host ‘Discover Your Inner She-Ro’ Event at Warwick Mall
Girl Scouts Host 'Discover Your Inner She-Ro' Event at Warwick Mall
Warwick Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison on Meth, Firearms Charges
Warwick Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison on Meth, Firearms Charges
Warwick House Delegation Supports ‘Red Flag,’ Bump Stock Bills
Warwick House Delegation Supports 'Red Flag,' Bump Stock Bills
Officer Stops Jeep, Arrests Driver, Passenger for Possession of Stolen Plate
Officer Stops Jeep, Arrests Driver, Passenger for Possession of Stolen Plate
Tag Archives | Warwick School Committee
![[Warwick Teachers Union] The Warwick School Department has released the full Warwick Teachers Contract, ratified by the union and district in November.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WTU-200x150.png "Warwick Schools Release 2017 – 2020 Teachers Contract")
Warwick Schools Release 2017 – 2020 Teachers Contract
WARWICK, RI — Four months after the Warwick City Council approved $3 million set aside for the School Department contingent on a settled teacher’s contract and six months after the agreement was ratified by […]
![[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 "School Committee Votes to let Gannon’s Contract Expire, OKs $40M School Repair Bond")
School Committee Votes to let Gannon’s Contract Expire, OKs $40M School Repair Bond
Warwick, RI – The Warwick School Committee voted Tuesday at Warwick Veterans Jr. High to accept School Superintendent Phil Thornton’s recommendation to allow Norwood Elementary School Principal John Gannon’s contract to expire […]
![[CREDIT: WPD] Norwood School was briefly evacuated Tuesday morning when a heat ventilator malfunctioned and started smoking. Classes resumed at about 10:30 a.m.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Norwood-School-200x150.jpg "Norwood School Staff Sign Letter Calling to Keep Principal Gannon")
Norwood School Staff Sign Letter Calling to Keep Principal Gannon
Norwood Elementary School Principal John Gannon’s contract, up for renewal, is in doubt, and 32 faculty and staff there hoping to save his job have signed a letter asking the […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee during their Jan. 10 meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/School-Committee-Jan.-10-200x150.jpg "School Committee Cuts $1.3 Million, Including Chromebooks, Software, Tech Supplies")
School Committee Cuts $1.3 Million, Including Chromebooks, Software, Tech Supplies
The Warwick School Committee cut $1.3 million to balance the FY2018 School budget during their special meeting Jan. 18, taking $250,000 budgeted for Chromebooks, $150,000 for software and $100,000 for […]
Council President: Schools’ Requesting December Docket Item Releasing $3 Million for WTU Contract Unrealistic
The Warwick School Committee agreement with the Warwick Teachers Union including back pay checks to be sent Dec. 21, was approved by each Nov. 15, and Nov. 21, respectively, but […]
School Committee OKs Arbitrator’s Agreement, Bachus, Nadeau to Study Sixth Grade Consolidation
The Warwick School Committee unanimously approved the agreement reached Oct. 16 at City Hall between members of the Warwick School Committee and Warwick Teacher’s Union during their Nov. 15 meeting […]
Veterans Jr. High Classes Canceled Due to Teacher Absences
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 […]
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 […]
