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The School Committee will make the final decision on consolidation. Do you think the 5 members of the committee are qualified to make that decision?

The administration has the expertise and local knowledge regarding producing the data necessary for the school committee to make a decision far better then any outsider professions can. The LTPC made a good educated recommendation based on this data.

The school committee now must determine if they agree with the recommendation or go another route.

Hiring a so called group of professionals is a waste of money and time. With the Mayor and City Council current spending priorities focused on increasing revenue toward the city side of the budget, in Warwick's case, thankfully state laws exist that mandate that the city must at least level fund the school budget year over year. If that wasn't the case the situation would be far worse.

But don't expect city leaders to allocated millions more to the schools as I described in my previous post. It's not going to happen and right now the only way schools will be able to provide the funds necessary to make sure the remaining schools have the resources necessary to make capital improvements and investments in educational programs throughout the district for all of the students, is through the saving garnered through consolidation.

You can't it both ways, half empty schools meeting all fire safety standards, with new roofs, boilers, books, technology etc. without consolidation.

A status quo decision by the school committee will result in the continued disintegration of current school buildings that will eventually lead to unpleasant consequences regarding the education received by Warwick's students.

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