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To patientman:

It is sometimes difficult to compare one city to another. I have done several comparisons over the years. One comparison is just looking at the Sq miles for Warwick compared to Cranston. We have the same number of students but because of the airport, our students are more spread out. State law requires that no student be on a bus more than 1 hour. This requires us to have more buses. Each bus costs approximately $55,000. If we need 10 more buses, this means we are automatically $550,000 more than cranston for transportation. We have the same number of students but this cost is higher.

I have used www.rikidscount.org to compare Cranston and Warwick. They have a lot of data. You just need to find the information you need. Here is a link http://www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/MultiPiecePage.asp_Q_PageID_E_105_A_PageName_E_DataIntro

According to Kidscount, Warwick has 2103 total students with disabilities (21%) and Cranston has 1664 total students with disabilites (16%). This is a difference of 5%. There was only a 3% difference the previous year. According to Kids count we have 439 more special education students than Cranston.

http://www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/documents/12_Factbook_Indicator_56.pdf

Check out page 132 and 133.

Thank you Taxpayer2. I voted against every raise for administration over the last 4 years except one. The one I voted for gave a 1.5% raise to administrators. I voted for it because had I voted against it, they would have received a 3% raise. This vote was in late 2010. I do not believe that administrators received a 6% raise last year. I would have never voted for it. We had a few administrators change positions and we eliminated other administrator positions. The new position may have had a higher rate of pay but it was only after eliminating and/or consolidating another position.

Patrick Maloney

As a side note, I believe I am one of very few public officials who actively answers questions on websites. I am glad to be able to put out additional information. I know that everyone will not agree with the decision but I am glad I was able to better explain the process that was used to make the decision.

Feel free to email for any additional information. patrick@maloney4schools.com or maloneyp@warwickschools.org.