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NickJohansson,

1. You do realize the Warwick School Committee has the final decision regarding the the recommendations made by the LTFPC?

2. You do realize that the LTFPC meetings have always been open to the public, and that all documents involving the LTFPC are available to anyone who wishes to have access to them?

3. Are you familiar with the contractual agreement between the WTU and the WPS? The WTU does not allow for 35 students per classroom.

4. Regarding 95...It was NOT the main reason for anyone's decision....the MAIN reason was Vets requires costly improvements and the other two high schools do not. All three high schools need repairs, replacement of lockers, desks and an overhaul of the locker rooms which can be done in a short amount of time. Vets (alone) needs a new boiler, roof and elevator (very important).

4.5 Everyone on the Committee, myself included, felt that the access to the highway was ONE of the reasons Pilgrim and Toll Gate would be preferable, it certainly wasn't the most important. It was not a deal breaker. Please be realistic.

5. At this time, the schools are between 40 and 45% capacity...MONEY PITS! Consolidation is necessary, there is no MONEY for improvements for the buildings, for technology, for arts and music programs, athletics...shall I go on?

6. Do you know where 86% of the budgeted money for the WPS goes each year? It's not to the buildings that house the students of Warwick. It's not to the textbooks for the students of Warwick. It's not for athletics for the students of Warwick. It's not for technology for the students of Warwick. Shall I go on?

7. It is not the decision of the LTFPC to advocate for curriculum models. We have been charged with finding a way to utilize the existing facilities in a cost effective way. The LTFPC is making a "recommendation" not a decision. Two very different words, with very different meanings. For all we know, the School Committee might look at the "recommendation" and say "Back to the drawing board." If that is the case, then we will begin the process again, and we will devote our time until we find the right plan.

8. Teachers on the Committee? I cannot say for certain why there are no teachers on the Committee at this time. Maybe that question can be directed to the Committee Chair, Dr. D'Agostino. As to why the Committee was reduced from 19 to 15? People dropped out. Simple. Dr. D'Agostino did suggest we might work more efficiently with a smaller Committee, BUT Committee members expressed a different view, and the majority of the original Committee stayed on.

9. Gee, I wonder why the junior high schools have no more intramural sports programs? Could it be because there is NO MONEY for them?

10. In the 15 years since I have lived here, I've had a child successfully graduate from Pilgrim and become an Emergency Room Nurse, and I have two other children, currently in junior high. In those 15 years...NOTHING has been done to improve the buildings our children are educated in and it is a travesty. Where has your outrage been focused? Don't belittle the members of the Committee because their thoughts and opinions are different from your own. Do something productive.

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