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Bendover, Cranston's budget is not $23 million more. Their budget this year is $150 millon. Ours is $162. As I mentioned before, our teachers pay into Social Security, Cranston's done and that's worth about $5 million. Second, our teacher pay steps are higher than Cranston's so our teachers make more than Cranston's. Warwick runs more buses over a larger geography than Cranston and buses aren't cheap Nothing is swept under the rug. This line has been brought up almost annually,. Oh, and Cranston WSchools twice sued the City under the Carruolo Act and lost both times and at one point they owed the City $6 million (it may have been $9 million). Lastly, Cranston gets over $17 million more than Warwick in State Education aid. Yes, Cranston's budget is lower but it's not even remotely close to $23 million.

David Testa