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Dear Readers,

As Ethan Hartley accurately reports, the findings for the Warwick School system "are less than stellar."

The teachers went through over two years of agony, not knowing if they had a job from one day to the next, with a Mayor and a School Department that refused to even sit at a negotiation table. To call this relationship "adversarial" is a major understatement. The resulting attitudes were predictable and understandable.

But that was then. This is now.

We have a new Mayor and a new School Committee and both are upgrades. This Mayor may not always agree but he doesn't go on 14 vacations in a 12 month timeframe either. He has a reputation for being available and so far, he has lived up to that.

This School Committee is the very definition of "new-and-improved". That improvement is the greatest news.

Here's a prediction:

The Warwick Schools improve by a fairly decent percentage. The proficiency scores improve, the teachers teach with an improved frame of mind , and the students benefit more than anyone.

Time will tell but all the pieces are now (finally) in place.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor