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Declining enrollment is symptomatic of a larger problem. Namely a RI economy that has been comparatively stagnant for three decades. While Warwick's population has remained relatively unchanged for thirty years, the school age population has shrunk by 50%. Either families with children are not moving to Warwick, or those same families are simply not sending their children to the Warwick public schools. I would offer that it is mostly the former, though some of the latter. Young people who go off to college are not returning to RI after they graduate, and those from out of state who attend school here are not staying after graduation. Why? Easy: A dearth of economic opportunities in the state, and more specifically for young families who once called Warwick home. Like it or not, RI has a well earned reputation of being over-taxed and over-regulated, while retaining a hostility to and distrust of business. Until political 'leaders' confront the reality of RI's lack of economic competitiveness, this death spiral will continue.

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