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Cutting a school budget "...to the bone" has become something of a standard headline. Typically, the word "draconian" is also used, as is the phrase "an investment in our future". All of which, of course, is emotion-speak for educational deck chair rearrangement. At over $17,000 per pupil, the Warwick public schools have ample financial resources. Elected school board vs. appointed school board. Tenure vs. no tenure. $17k vs. $19k per pupil. Gist vs. no Gist. None of it matters and none of it will matter. As a microcosm of the state, Warwick has experienced significant brain drain in the last twenty five years. Many of those with means have either relocated or have chosen to enroll their children in private or parochial schools, leaving half-full high schools (and God forbid we should openly discuss that) and mediocre-at-best measurable outcomes. More money will do nothing, absolutely nothing to change any of it.

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