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The Warwick School consolidation process has become a fiasco. But what would you expect of a process that should have been started in the early 1990s. Undisputed fact: Warwick's student enrollment has been declining. Warwick's Education system, or the perception of it, has declined(debatable). The School Committee now proposes a $ 130 million bond that includes two NEW elementary schools & Holden is to remain open. Is Wicks still to close ? The most recent articles I read on the elementary school consolidation was that Holden & Wicks would close & Francis was to be repurposed as the "new" early learning center because Drum Rock Early Learning Center at the Toll Gate Complex wouldn't be able to meet RIDE accreditation standards(the maximum standards desired). Why not keep Francis open & either improve(if possible) Drum Rock or build a new Early Learning Center ? Maybe this would be CHEAPER & be more convenient for the students/their parents/the school system. If elementary school enrollment spots are still needed maybe build a combined early learning/elementary school ? In any case, I believe the School Committee/Administration is not using/requesting taxpayer dollars in an efficient manner. Maybe the elementary school consolidation process needs to be further delayed to see the effects of the secondary school consolidation( I believe that's still a work in progress). Besides, the PRIORITY should be making sure the teachers contract is ratified first.