East Providence
East Providence School Committee Chairman Anthony Carcieri has issued a press release on which other elected representatives throughout the state should take notes: On being informed that NEA has voted “no confidence” in the East Providence School Committee, its Chair, Anthony Carcieri, said this. “So what’s new? No union is going to give a big…
The following resolution was passed by unanimous vote of the East Providence Republican City Committee at its meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Copies of this resolution will be mailed to all state senators and representatives in East Providence. The East Providence Republican City Committee strongly condemns the fiscally irresponsible and grossly short-sighted actions of…
The second speech at the Rhode Island Statewide Coalition’s Winter Meeting came from the East Providence Taxpayers Association’s William Murphy, who focused on local-level movement building (stream entire speech): RISC Chairman Harry Staley’s introduction: stream, download Murphy’s opening remarks: stream, download We must focus on our effectiveness as citizens: stream, download Step 1 is to…
For the record, if the RI Ethics Commission ever finds me “guilty” of pro bono helping someone get due process in a civil proceeding, I sincerely hope that the East Providence Education Association will take out several ads for me, too.
It would go too far to speculate that this sort of thing is widespread: Statewide testing procedures were violated at Whiteknact Elementary School last October when at least 14 third graders were given extra time, the state Department of Education has concluded. And now school officials are looking into whether another violation occurred when the…
… to issue teacher layoff notices. Tonight, the School Committee voted 4-1 to approve the recommendation by Superintendent Mario Cirillo to send lay off notices, effective September 1, to fifty five teachers. Most of the time, in most cities and towns, only a fraction of those receiving notices are actually laid off. School Committee member…
According to a press release from the Ocean State Policy Research Institute (printed in full in the extended entry), without public discussion, the Rhode Island Labor Relations Board has declined to consider the East Providence School Committee’s complaint against the union: “The State Labor Relations Board reported it has dismissed unfair labor practice charges filed…
East Providence Representative John Savage (R-East Providence) describes a philosophy of public education that is fundamentally self-contradictory. On one hand, there was the system back in the day — which cultivated those Americans who reached for the moon, invented the computer-driven society, and built history’s most dynamic economy: WHEN I BEGAN teaching in the late…
Here is one financial measure of exactly how dire a situation in the city is in. Suprintendent Mario Cirillo praises the level of professionalism and effort exhibited by East Providence school system personnel… …and outlines a plan for administrative restructuring that he believes will eventually save the city $400,000 per year, while helping to create…
