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The fact of the matter is that the Warwick teachers are over paid. Your statement of "They agreed to contribute to their healthcare several years ago" is remarkable because for years they contributed virtually nothing in an economy when everyone else's healthcare benefits were being cut and the premiums were sky rocketing. Dollar for dollar, the city workers and the teachers have healthcare programs that few if any residents have.

I wish there was a math teacher commenting on this blog. Maybe he or she could formulate a ratio of the unfunded liabilities vs the cost borne to every student in the future that graduates with a 16% proficiency in math and 11% proficiency in science.

There comes a point where you have gone past the point of no return. Warwick's unfunded liabilities have reached that point long ago. Why are more parents electing to send their kids to private school? Its due to the education (or lack there of) in the Warwick school system.

There is complacency in every profession, but only in union protected professions can that complacency be traded off more more benefits and less obligations.

The statistical numbers show that the Warwick teachers are among the top 3% highest paid teachers in the country. Benefit package among the top 2% in the country, yet education rates in the bottom 4% in the country. Its not about the kids, its about salary and benefits.