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This article is only telling half truths which is typical of Beacon reporting. All teachers are paid a salary for their work year, September through June. Some teachers choose to have that salary extended over 26 biweekly checks, others receive a lump sum in June, and no additional checks throughout the summer. In either case, the teacher receives his/her salary for the year that they worked.That seems easy to understand.

If a teacher is laid off, they can collect unemployment as of the last day of their work year. If the teacher has chosen to allow the city of Warwick to hold part of their pay from the completed work year and pay it out over the summer, the city is the one who benefits by not having to come up with the lump sum in June. Once the teacher has been recalled, the unemployment benefits cease.

There is no double dipping, as this article suggests. Seems like this reporter is trying to make a name for herself with this type of erroneous reporting.