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School administrators started the opening of school last Thursday with a visit to Oakland Beach Elementary that for the last academic year was relocated to Gorton during renovations. It was an occasion for taking pictures as Superintendent Lynn Dambruch demonstrated as she snapped a selfie with third grader Anna Smith. She was not alone. When we asked families to share their first day photos on Facebook, we received scores of pictures. You’ll find lots of smiling kids on page 16. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Warwick kids go back to school
CROSSING THE STAGE: Graduate Joshua Czerwien shakes hands with Pilgrim principal Toby Gibbons as he hands him his diploma. In the foreground, Dorena Ayres’s decorated graduation cap reads “Better Late than Never.”
Perseverance celebrated at summer school graduation
As Warwick Area Career and Technical Center principal Tim Kane said, those in attendance at Toll Gate High School’s auditorium last Friday were gathered to celebrate one thing — … more
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Team gives thumbs up to school openings
As Warwick schools open today, administrators project enrollment to be close to what it was when the system closed for summer vacation. But that’s not to say there aren’t changes. … more
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A NEW TOLL GATE: Architects showed renderings of a three-story Toll Gate High School last week at a special School Committee meeting dedicated to progress on the design of new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools. Construction on the schools is projected to start in March 2025.
Public view plans for new Pilgrim, Toll Gate Schools
Warwick residents gathered into the auditorium of a former high school to take a look at the plans for the city’s future high schools on Wednesday night. In the first of many special … more
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Low rate, big savings
Three quarters of a percentage point doesn’t sound like much until it is applied to millions of dollars and a 20-year repayment schedule. In his five-year forecast issued in July, City … more
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THE BIG ‘E’: An architect’s rendering of the new Pilgrim High School shows the building in the shape of a large E.
A look at latest Pilgrim plans
Those in attendance at Tuesday’s school committee meeting got a sneak preview of the updated schematic design for the new Pilgrim High School. LeftField Project Management Senior Project … more
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Dispelling rumors, answering questions
As School Committee Chair Shaun Galligan points out not since the Warwick Beacon hosted a forum prior to the 2022 election at the Crowne Plaza has there been a public review and discussion of the new … more
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ON THE JOB: Jada Trucking of Warwick, whose contract to make the Holliman move was rescinded, was hired as a subcontractor by Vito’s Express to perform the job. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Press is on to open Schools by Aug. 29
“Everyone is doing what they got to do,” Steve Gothberg said Tuesday of the count down to the opening of school on Aug. 29. He said crews are working to 7 and 8 p.m. and over weekends to … more
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Allegedly $400k in school contracts illegally awarded
Mayor Frank Picozzi has called on state police to investigate allegations that the Warwick School Department awarded contracts totaling more than $400,000 to a trucking company that wasn’t … more
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$20M in Warwick school bonds part of $830M in RIHEBC financing
The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation (RIHEBC) announced this week that it closed on 12 bond financings and refinancings totaling more than $830 million in fiscal year 2024. … more
TESTIMONIALS: from left to right, Wendy Becker, Karen Rosenberg, Connor Pyne, Bill Pyne, Stephanie Geller, Giona Picheco and Victoria Eno, attended the July 15 Cranston School Committee meeting to counter-balance Robert Chiaradio’s attempt to persuade school officials to change the city’s “transgender” and “nonconforming and transitioning students policy.” (Cranston Herald photos by Rory Schuler)
TRANSITION? Should Cranston public schools alter supportive transgender policy?
A Westerly father visited the Cranston School Committee on July 15. As he accused the school district of discriminating against the vast majority of city students, the seventh-ranked student from Cranston High School East’s Top 10 quietly held a rainbow-colored sign, no bigger than a medium-sized pizza box lid. The sign said simply: “We love our kids.” more
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Many of Pilgrim top ten look to further study in sciences
#1 Hannah Smith – Valedictorian Hannah Smith, Valedictorian of Pilgrim High School’s Class of 2024 was not only driven academically but was also active in the school orchestra. … more
Public to view, comment on plans for 2 new schools
Warwick residents will get the chance to examine the latest plans for the new Pilgrim and Toll Gate high schools next month. The Warwick School Committee and LeftField Project Management, the … more
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Zachary Colón
Colón aims to bring young blood to School Committee
As he runs for School Committee in 2024, Zachary Colón, 25,  said that he’s  in a position that he’s used to - being one out of five candidates in a competitive election. … more
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Top 10 Hawks find calling in finance, architecture, sciences
#1 Daniel D’Alessio Bishop Hendricken’s Valedictorian Daniel D’Alessio will be attending the University of Notre Dame where he is considering majors in either … more
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BAD MATH? Ward 5 Republican Cranston City Councilor Christopher G. Paplauskas listened as Republican Mayor Ken Hopkins’ Chief of Staff Anthony C. Moretti argued against using ARPA funds for capital school projects on May 6, 2024.
Cranston mayor announces restraining order in ARPA funding dispute
The city’s mayor and city council may settle their dispute over the use of federal pandemic-era funding in court. On Friday, June 21, Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins announced that the … more
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City to get traffic cams
The Warwick City Council passed one of the most controversial items of budget season and made a decision on city abandonments Monday night. The council unanimously approved a five-year lease of … more
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High schools set for 2025 groundbreaking
The Warwick School Committee learned Tuesday that planning for new Pilgrim and Toll Gate High Schools are on schedule from Chris Spiegel, senior project manager at LeftField Project Management based … more
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TO THE POLLS: Early Tuesday morning, June 4, after the polls opened, according to poll workers, there was a brief rush and then mostly quiet at the Ward 3 polling place inside the Peter T. Pastore Jr. Youth Center, at 155 Gansett Ave.
Cranston voters overwhelmingly approve $40M school bond
A trickle of Cranston voters turned out to vote overwhelmingly, nearly 4 to 1, to approve a $40 million school bond referendum. According to the Rhode Island Board of Elections’ … more
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GO VOTE: Six polling places will be open on June 4, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Ward 1 Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge; Ward 2 Cranston High School East; Ward 3 Peter T. Pastore, Jr. Youth Center; Ward 4 Hope Church Scituate Avenue; Ward 5 Kelley-Gazzerro VFW Post 2812; and Ward 6 RI National Guard Building Schofield Armory). Early voting will also continue through 4 p.m. on Monday, June 3. Anyone with questions about voting is urged to contact the Cranston Board of Canvassers at 401-780-3121.
Both sides support Cranston school bond
Political voices on all sides seem to agree, Cranston can’t afford not to pass next week’s $40 million school bond referendum. Voters will decide whether to listen to city officials … more
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