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HI DirtyPool. If I wasn't on the committee this program and many others would have been cut years ago.

I hired D'Agostino for a temporary EMERGENCY position as he was one of the few qualified people on staff. If I were on the committee, we would have opened the position up to all applicants. The fact is the school committee broke its own policy hiring him without allowing all to apply. This was a new policy 2 years ago and they didn't follow it. I hired Mullins to be the Director of 2nd Ed, he is doing an ok job as far as I can tell. He walked into a situation that was already in place and he was an excellent principal at Pilgrim. Healey was there before I arrived and the superintendent choses to keep her in the same capacity. I was extremely familiar with ROn Porier, the former Math/Science coordinator. I thought he did a good job. I researched Mullins son separately and questioned the appointment more than anyone else and I felt he was qualified. We did not have many applicants for the position but I don't know what Mullin's son has to do with alap? He has nothing to do with ALAP. THe only people involved with keeping or removing it is the School Committee pushed by the Superintendent and Director of Elementary Ed.

Ferrucci does do a good job. He reports the information every month, something never done before. This was a request of the Parent COmmunication Committee. I sat on the committee for 4 years. They asked for more transparency regarding the budget.

I never cried wolf, the fact is, the schools have been under funded and the fact is schools need to close. I don't know what you mean by "No wonder the city increases the budget $30 Million"? Are you serious... do you live in Warwick? TAX AND SPEND that is what happens in Warwick and the State. The Mayor raised taxes every year in office and the schools had a level budget each of the 4 years I was on the committee. My decisions included cuts and I solved the School deficit created prior to my being elected (I didn't do it alone, but I will take some of the credit for good decision making.) One problem is we are required by law to give lay off notices in March, Present a budget in April, all before we know what our year end is... AND teachers can wait until the day before school starts to put in for their retirement. The lay off requirement should be changed to June, teachers should be required to notify the schools by May of their intent to retire and budgets should be presented after we know how much the state and feds will give us. It isn't perfect by and means.

I am no longer on the committee so I have no choice to fund or not fund something. I can only say I want something and that I do not agree with the choices they have made and I am clueless as to the way they chose to make them.