Newport Public Schools confronts a $900,000 budget shortfall for the upcoming school year, despite implementing 10 staff layoffs and after receiving reduced funding from the city council, Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain announced during her monthly interview with What’sUpNewp on Wednesday, June 18. The district balanced its budget by reducing the out-of-district special education line; however, […]
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Middletown will break ground on new Middle-High School on June 9
Middletown is set to celebrate the start of construction on its new Middle High School on June 9. The groundbreaking ceremony starts at 10 a.m. near the construction site by Gaudet Middle School. If it rains, the event will move to June 11. This 211,000-square-foot school, opening for the 2027-2028 year, will be Rhode Island’s […]
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Governor McKee discusses proposed higher education investments
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee and Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, along with education leaders, listened to a dozen adult learners in the state on Monday morning to discuss the impact of the investments proposed in higher education in the Governor’s #RIReady FY24 budget. The budget proposal includes investing $2.5 million at the Community College of […]
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Pell School Topping-Off ceremony scheduled for Wednesday
Expansion of Newport’s Pell Elementary School moves a step closer with a Topping Off Ceremony at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at the school, 35 Dexter Street. A topping-off ceremony is a “steel signing ceremony” at which “members of the Pell community sign their names on the steel beams used in the project,” according to school officials. […]
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Local maritime nonprofit offers distance learning
The Steamship Historical Society of America (SSHSA), headquartered in Warwick, today announced that it has ramped up its educational offerings during the COVID-19 era with a wide range of online enrichment activities and lesson plans for educators, parents, students in grades K-12, and anyone interested in broadening their knowledge base at www.shiphistory.org. The lessons, which […]
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New Sea Rose Montessori Co-op School Looking for New Students and Teachers
The new, parent-lead Sea Rose Montessori Co-op School for elementary aged students is preparing to open at St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth, said Suzanne McDonald, a member of the school’s board of founding families. The school, which will be available to families living or working on Aquidneck Island and the surrounding region, will follow the […]