Friday, October 26, 2012
The Rhode Island Broadcasters Association provides a system for smartphone users to receive school cancellation and other notices via text message.
With the possibility of Hurricane Sandy hitting Rhode Island next week — and the potential for school closings — parents [and students] will be looking for the quickest and easiest way to know whether their school is affected. The Rhode Island Broadcasting Association has the answer with its text alert web page, allowing computer and mobile phone users to sign up for text message and email alerts. Rhode Island school districts including the Newport School Department and private schools like St. Philip School are included in the RIBA list. To sign up, users are required to provide a name and ZIP code, as well as a phone number or email address. The system will then send a test email or text message, and in the case of text messages, include…
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Newport City Council approved the FY 2012-2013 budget proposal during it's meeting on Wednesday.
The Newport City Council unanimously approved the FY2012-2013 budget during Wednesday's meeting, which included at 2.5 percent property tax increase, level funding the school committee and a 2.47 percent general expenditure increase. Alliance for a Livable Newport Treasurer Ron Becker addressed the council and commended their work on the budget proposal. Becker said his biggest complaint of past years' budgets has been the mismatching of revenues and expenses. He told the council that this year's proposal had done a good job of matching the two. The proposed combined expenditures for all funds is $115,754,174, a $20.6 million decrease from last year due to decreases in capital spending for the new Pell Elementary School. The total general…
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The council unanimously approved a resolution to conduct a study on the efficiencies served by combining city and school services.
The Newport City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday night ordering a study be undertaken by the City Manager and the Superintendent of Schools to measure potential efficiencies, cost savings and service delivery optimization by combining school and city services. The study analyze savings by combining facilities, financial and information technology services. Results of that study will be submitted at the May 23 City Council meeting so that potential cost savings can be incorporated into the FY 2013 budget. The council adopted a resolution in 2005 that directed the city administration to work with the school department by implementing shared service agreements that would be “beneficial to the operational and financial health…
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Newport School Committee talked about ways to alleviate overcrowding in the elementary schools but found no viable options.
According to school officials, modular classrooms will not be considered to alleviate crowded elementary schools accommodating displaced Sullivan Elementary School students. Students were moved to the Triplett School and other elementary schools during the demolition of Sullivan and the construction of the Claiborne D. Pell Elementary School. During a Tuesday meeting, school committee member Robert Leary brought up issues he had heard from parents about overcrowding in certain elementary schools that are accommodating students whom had previously attended Sullivan. The Triplett School could not hold all of the students who had attended Sullivan, and excess students were relocated to other elementary schools. Superintendent of Schools Dr. …
steve stinton
1:57 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2012
The city council now needs to make a decision that they first should have implemented!BROADWAY THE MAIN ROAD COMMING INTO THE HISTORIC CITY BY THE SEA IS FALLING APART AS WE SPEAK AND IS EMBARRASMENT! THE ROAD DOSE NOT NEED TO BE PATCHED IT NEEDS TO TOTTALLY BE RIPPED UP AND A NEW ONE NEEDS TO BE PUT DOWN .Question why is this road be neglected?points between fastnet pub and the olf fraishers … more ›