The Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation announced last week that $1 million is being earmarked to schools in the Feinstein Leadership program. Alan Shawn Feinstein, who leaves a legacy of urging and …
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Community Service Learning in the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development (FSEHD) began in 1996 with the Alan Shawn Feinstein Endowment. Alan Shawn Feinstein is a renowned educator, journalist, and humanitarian who has dedicated his time, talents, and treasures to bettering the lives of others. The Endowment provided a gift of $1,000,000 to Rhode Island College and called for course work and community service as a mandatory graduation requirement for undergraduate students enrolled in the School of Education.
3/31/2021
Members also talk full return to school, other matters
CUMBERLAND – The final 2021-2022 school district calendar approved by the School Committee last week keeps religious holidays as days off.
Chairwoman Karen Freedman, whose family celebrates Jewish holidays, said she believes the district should start considering making celebration of religious holidays a personal choice and not including them on the secular school calendar, as many other districts have done across the country.
Freedman and Amy Rogalski were the two no votes on approving the calendar, as it passed 5-2.
Also part of the finalized calendar presented by Supt. Bob Mitchell is moving two professional days originally scheduled near the Aug. 30 start of school to later in September and October, making for a more consistent first few days of the next school year.