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Keeping everything in proper perspective this solution gives Warwick a stable school environment for the first time in years.

$12.6 million over 3 years is an average of $4.2 million a year. The total budget to the School Committee is $161 million. That means this contract, if approved, will only be a 2.6% change of the total cost of the Warwick School system. If that math is correct, and if the contract goes into effect, I support it. $4.2 million dollars divided by 80,000 taxpayers comes to $52.50 per taxpayer, per year. The improvement to "quality-of-life" is many times the cost in my opinion.

I agree that it should have happened 2 years ago.

I agree that it wouldn't have happened without the enormous effort by the Warwick Teachers Union, but it looks like it finally did happen. If I was a school teacher I would feel grateful and relieved. If I had school children in the Warwick school system I would feel grateful and relieved. As a taxpayer, I feel that this solution will give our real estate much greater appreciation than it will cost us. All things considered, this is a whole lot better than we have lived with for the last two+ years and I, for one, am very grateful to those who got us to this point. They took a ton of time and energy, as well as hundreds of hours away from their families for the greater good and deserve our total respect for this accomplishment. The result appears to be the fairest of compromises. My critics, of course, will accuse me of pandering to the teachers when all I really am doing is giving credit where credit is due. None of those critics were willing to put in any effort, but they will always jump to criticize those who do.

To all those who got us to this new contract, thank you sincerely.

Darlene Netcoh, The Warwick Teachers Union, the School Committee, Attorney Vincent Ragosta, and Mayor Avedisian; thank you sincerely. Warwick just became a better place to live.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Rick Corrente