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Fed up, the teachers contract is part of the baseline school budget and has been for three budget years. In other words, it's being paid with the money the school department already has.

The $7.7 million would pay for a whole list of other things not related to the WTU teacher contract -- here's the list of proposed cuts as the Beacon reported it:

All sports; All clubs; Technology – Chromebooks, computers; All new textbooks; All Teacher Training and [professional development]; Cut Teacher assistants; Cut maintenance personnel; 2nd shift custodians not restored; Cut Mentoring; Cut VOWS; Cut High school accreditation process; Cut (CCRI) graduation.

Maybe you can point out where it says "WTU teacher contract," because I don't see it.

Whether you agree or not, the city is legally responsible for paying the teacher contract that ended all of the sick-outs and other things the teachers did.

That's not going to change, and neither is the state law that prevents the city council fro telling the school department how to spend its money.

I do agree with you on one thing -- we are not getting anywhere near the student achievement that we should be getting for the money we spend on schools in Warwick.