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Fired was getting ahead of myself. It's no secret the North Kingstown School Commitee and Phil had issues, it was contentious at the end. Trouble was brewing in Cumberland too. Phil was lucky enough to get out at the right time, twice. Regardless, I don't think he has done a good job in Warwick and Testa's trumped up defense of his questionable vote will not convince me otherwise.

At the time of the contract extension vote, Phil had a year left on his contract. It should have been left up to the new School Commitee to decide. There was already 1 vote of no confidence in his tenure. I think they were afraid the election was trending in the wrong direction. They were right. The confusing thing is, Testa would have been part of that new School Committee and would not have been disenfranchised.

Bottom line, poorly negotiated contracts, shady accounting, and excessive administration have not helped the city's bottom line. The school department is the largest line item and is not without blame. New expensive positions that were created out of nowhere, Winman has 4 administrators for 800 students.

When I was in junior high, there was over 700 students and 2 admin... my high school had over 1,200 students with 3 admin. Now, all the secondary schools have 4 administrators with moderate gains in student population. I graduated in 2007, I don't think it was that long ago

Everyone wants to blame the teachers and their raises for the big ask from the school department. All I'm saying is, Phil and his team of expensive lawyers signed that contract and also added some administrative bloat along the way.