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davet1107, While each of Warwick high schools have middle class and upper middle class neighborhoods, Pilgrim and Vets have a substantial portion of poor and special education students that benefit the most from schools between 600-900 students. Pilgrim has 33% of students eligible for subsided lunch and 19% receive special education services. Warwick Vets has 38% of students eligible for subsided lunch and 19% receive special education services. Even Tollgate has 29% of its students eligible for subsided lunch and 21% receive special education services. We should argue with actual data and not make assumptions. Warwick high schools have at least a 1/3 of its students in the "at risk" category. Again, there is no educational purposes to consolidate our schools; only a destructive attempt to save money without any studies showing that it would have any benefit to our students. Our city deserve better. We should strive to have the best high schools in the state rather than taking a step backward by returning our schools to overcrowded conditions. Also, when you compare school performance, please include the demographic information for each school system. Some schools may be good schools but have a greater percentage of poorer students. These poorer students may be improving in these good schools but still not score on achievements tests a well as middle class and upper middle class students, even when middle class and upper middle class students attend inferior schools.

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Why do most of the people that make comments in Beacon fail to use their real names? My user name identifies who I am: Bob Savage.

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