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The teachers' union refused to accept to work 25 minutes of extra time under the "transforming model", so the superintendent went ahead and chose the "turnaround model", which requires a district to fire the entire staff (teachers and administrators). They may rehire up to 50% of the teachers for the beginning of the next school year.
The Providence Public School Department is the administrative force behind the primary public school district of Providence, Rhode Island. As of July 2022, it serves about 21,700 students in pre-K through 12th grade. It has 21 elementary schools, seven middle schools and nine high schools, along with two public charter schools. [3]
PROVIDENCE − While state legislators were out of town on spring break, Rhode Island's retired teachers and state employees have been busy. They've been firing off emails and letters by the ...
More than 200 teachers and residents packed the Lincoln Park Board of Education after news of a budget crisis that may lead to staff cuts. 'Disgusted and embarrassed': Layoffs loom as Lincoln Park ...
Union groups from across Rhode Island, joined by members of Occupy Providence, rally outside the State House on Nov. 8, 2011, to protest what they called severe pension cuts.
The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals is considered one of the most active political groups in Rhode Island. [17] It sued to oppose the shut-down of the Rhode Island state government during a budget crisis in 1991, [18] fought to keep full-time union leaders (who were former public employees) in the state pension system, [19] [20] worked to enact strong constraints ...
Samantha and her mother, Gina, were two of five assistant teachers fired from May River Montessori May 8 due to an unexpected financial crisis, according to a written statement from the MRM school ...
Central Falls maintains a highly regarded chess team, which has represented the State of Rhode Island in the United States Chess Federation National High School Championship six times. [10] The team gained national mainstream attention in 2013 when actor Alec Baldwin donated $2,500 to cover their costs of again attending the National Championship.