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The third-party audit that was recently conducted does show that it isn't the administration cost that is driving the budget up..

http://warwickonline.staging.communityq.com/stories/schools-need-4m-from-city-audit-report-finds,136420?

"Teacher salaries, not administrators, driving higher spending in district. While a lot has been said over the years about how the district’s administration has irresponsibly handled its budget, the audit revealed that Warwick is quite comparable to like districts in many ways, except for one key area – spending per pupil."

"In terms of administrative pay, while the superintendent position in Warwick is paid $35,000 higher than the average superintendent in like districts, principals are paid $809 less than the average."

"Interestingly, despite the oft-repeated criticism from school department detractors that believe too much money is wasted on administrators’ salaries and that there are an excessive number of administrators, the audit data revealed that Warwick actually has about one fewer administrator than the average for Ring districts."

This audit was done in 2018. No disrespect but all programs are important. No one wants to lose any of them. The reality is that we have come to a time where the rubber meets the road. Hard choices have to be made. The blame is not on the school administrative department exclusively. The previous Mayor as well as the city council all have to shoulder some blame as well. Compromise is a word that seems to be nonexistent in the City of Warwick when it comes to schools. Pointing fingers and placing blame is an indulgence and gets us no where.