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North Kingstown bus staff to keep jobs after 4-year-old left on bus
North Kingstown Superintendent Kenneth Duva said the bus monitors and driver that were terminated after a 4-year-old was left inside a bus unattended, will now be keeping their jobs. A 4-year-old boy enrolled in the extended school year program had unintentionally been left in the minibus, transported back to the...
School transportation study group gets off to slow start
How should Rhode Island’s K-12 students get to school? The question is pressing enough that in the most recent legislative session, the House and Senate approved a joint resolution to form a special commission to study school transportation in the Ocean State. But at the new commission’s first meeting on Wednesday, the senator who helped […]
New principal comes to Pier Middle School with wealth of experience
Narragansett Pier Middle School has welcomed Emily Chartier as its new principal after nearly two decades of service in various roles within the district. Chartier, who has held various roles within the district — including mathematics teacher, mathematics coach, interventionist, dean of students, and most recently, interim principal — brings a wealth of experience to her new position.
RI to retain control of Providence Public Schools
The state of Rhode Island will keep control of the Providence Public School District for now, according to NBC affiliate WJAR, despite the school board voting to end it. The state took over the district five years ago after a scathing John Hopkins report highlighted problems like bullying, fighting, poor learning conditions and crumbling buildings.
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