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"Avedisian pointed to a statewide study showing that Warwick provides a greater percentage of overall school funding than other communities. At $118.6 million [what the mayor recommended in school funding], city funding represents 75 percent of his proposed $156.6 million school budget. "
Gee, " Warwick provides a greater percentage of overall school funding than other communities". No kidding, but context is everything. So which communities? Providence, Pawtucket, CF, of course.
According to the latest available RIDE info, Warwick provided 74% of the school funding in 2011 (and that data has the total local nut at $126 million--wrong, it was $118). That's actually about the middle of the pack. Here is the file:
http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/files/reports/ucoa-revenue-source-by-district-fy2011.pdf
Here is who Warwick didn't spend more local tax dollars than:
Jamestown - 92%
Barrington - 92%
East Greenwich - 92%
Little Compton - 91%
Narragansett - 89%
Westerly - 83%
Scituate - 81%
Smithfield - 81%
Lincoln - 81%
South Kingstown - 81%
Portsmouth - 78%
Tiverton - 77%
North Kingstown - 77%
Chariho - 77%
North Smithfield - 76%
WARWICK - 74%
Johnston - 74%
Exeter/W.Greenwich - 72%
Cumberland - 70%
Cranston - 67%
North Providence - 66%
Foster - 66%
Coventry - 66%
etc.
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