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Over the last few years the School Committee has removed a Superintendent (a move still surrounded by secrecy that cost the school dept $270,000 severance pay) , then they appointed Dr. D'agastino interim Superintendent (until they could find someone permanent). They then decided that they would name D'agastino "acting" Superintendent. Why not interview outside candidates? That is why people question the motives of this School Committee. Removing a Superintendent who had served in 5 different school districts before Warwick without giving cause for his termination is UNACCEPTABLE. Examples like that ooze of the "buddy system", where it's all about who you know.

We then were told of short and long term committees that would make a recommendation to the school department. The short term committee recommended the closure of Gorton. Then the School Committee decided to table that when public pressure got to be too much. So then we heard that this "Long-Term Committee" that was put together by Peter Horoshak (the Superintendent who they had "no confidence" in) was going to be the saving grace. Even though the 15-members were chosen by a man the School Committee said they had "no confidence" in a few months prior. D'Agastino marched on full steam ahead insisting that consolidation needed to happen. The Long Term committee made their recommendation and the School Dept immediately tried to push it through with little information being given to the public. Telling the public to find a website and download a file is NOT transparency. D'Agastino even had the guts to say that opposition to this plan was based solely on emotion and the "human element". Plenty of people from all sides of life opposed the plan to consolidate.

Beth Furtado also shows NO courage in this. She screamed from the rooftops that this plan needed to go forth or else all hell would break loose on the budget....she made the same claims when it came time to close Gorton. Mrs. Furtado voted to table the plan, all while speaking out against delaying consolidation. YOU ARE NOT a leader, and have shown yourself to be a politician more than a public servant. We cannot re-elect these people again and expect different results. If our enrollment is so low in Warwick than why do we need to keep a Director of Secondary education

? Why have a director of elementary education? What about setting a date to implement the middle school model instead of just talking about it? How about freezing raises for school administration until a 10-year plan is laid out. It's about time we hold these people accountable for the shape of our school district. D'Agastino, Mullen, Bushell, Ferucci, Furtado should all step down!!!

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