Referendum proponents’ plan for using per-pupil calculations for skirting required school funding hasn’t been used in Rhode Island in at least the last decade, according to the Rhode Island Department
The South Kingstown Town Council and School Superintendent Mark Prince on Monday discussed the current state of the school department’s proposed 2023-2024 budget and addressed comments made by local resident
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Town Council on Monday reviewed its objectives for its 2022-24 term, with Council Vice President Michael Marran listing a reconstruction of item orders for future meetings,
Council wants to investigate how student information was shared
SOUTH KINGSTOWN â Numerous community members raised concerns to the town council and the school committee this week over a mailer on the school facilities bond issue, which was addressed and sent out to many children in the district.Â
Some of the children who received these mailers were in kindergarten.
Many parents in the district have viewed this as a major breach of student privacy and are concerned that sharing this information with a third party has put their children in jeopardy.
Town Councilwoman Jess Rose made a special motion at Monday nightâs meeting to add this item to the agenda and at least open the matter up for discussion.Â
SOUTH KINGSTOWN â If the school facilities project continued to advance forward, the districtâs architectural firm may likely be left behind.Â
On Tuesday, the South Kingstown School Committee voted to begin the process of sending out a request for proposal for a new architect firm. The facilities project, which includes plans to relocate the high school to Curtis Corner, place an addition on Broad Rock and make improvements at all four elementary schools, will first need to gain approval from the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the votes of South Kingstown.Â
And while thereâs a wide array of opinion over whether or not the district should move forward with these plans, there have been a number of voices that have spoken out against continuing with the current architectural firm.Â