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RI Pre-K will offer more than 2,300 seats in 127 classrooms for 2020-21 school year
PROVIDENCE, RI – The online application deadline for this year’s Rhode Island Pre-K Lottery has been extended to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 11, the Rhode Island Department of Education announced today. The Rhode Island Pre-K Lottery is an opportunity for families with children who will turn four years old by September 1, 2021 and who live in one of 18 eligible communities to apply for more than 2,300 seats as part of free, full school-year, full-day RI Pre-Kindergarten programs. Eligible communities include: Central Falls, Coventry, Cranston, East Providence, Johnston, Lincoln, Middletown, Newport, North Kingstown, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, South Kingstown, Warren, Warwick, Westerly, West Warwick, and Woonsocket.
Jun 4, 2021
(Providence, RI) Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green [[ ahn-HELL-ick-uh in-FAHN-tay ]] says personal attacks against her are not OK .Infante-Green spoke at a state Council on Elementary and Secondary Education meeting on Thursday after a senior adviser claimed earlier this week she was being targeted by racist comments.The adviser also alleged that the Providence Teachers Union is trying to, quote, take down the commissioner .Infante-Green was recently removed from contentious contract negotiations with the union.Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza on Wednesday called for the state to apply the same law that was used for the takeover of the Providence School District to make changes to that contract.