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Warwick School Committee adopts limited vacant-position cuts, tables pension reductions after public outcry
Summary
After a night of packed public comment from teachers, TAs and maintenance staff, the Warwick School Committee voted 5–0 to implement a narrowly tailored set of vacant-position cuts and to postpone decisions on pension contributions until Feb. 11 for further review.
The Warwick School Committee voted 5–0 on Jan. 30 to adopt a set of limited budget moves that shift $300,000 from the general fund to grants, implement four vacant maintenance/custodial cuts and one vacant 1-to-1 teacher-assistant position, and to table proposed pension contribution reductions (FY24 and FY25) for additional review on Feb. 11.
The decision followed more than an hour of public comment in which teachers, teacher assistants, maintenance workers and parents urged the committee to preserve frontline positions. "We are the custodial staff that open each and every school...we are the foundation and backbone of Warwick Public Schools,"…
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