Editorial

On the summer agenda

Posted 7/15/14

This is the time of year when most people take a break: take a break from the routine of work with a vacation or reduced work schedule; take a break from the classroom by going to the beach; and take …

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Editorial

On the summer agenda

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This is the time of year when most people take a break: take a break from the routine of work with a vacation or reduced work schedule; take a break from the classroom by going to the beach; and take a break from politics by tuning it all out.

That’s the way it should be. After all, this is summer, and it’s been a good one, so far.

Yet, as we also well know, things don’t come to a stop even though the thermometer runs up into the 80s and skies are blue. First quarter tax payments are due tomorrow, a fact that was underscored by the line that stretched outside from the City Hall Annex yesterday. And, as reported in today’s Beacon, summer school is in swing, although enrollment is down and, understandably, students and faculty would rather be elsewhere.

This is the time of year, too, when school repairs are in full swing. Crews are working on the Vets High roof as well as meeting fire code requirements in other buildings.

It is also at this time, with the contract expiring in August, that teacher contract talks are usually in full swing. We haven’t heard anything since Superintendent Richard D’Agostino said a couple of weeks ago that the process would start.

It better start, or are we going to go through another one of those nasty “work to rule” situations that left the community so divided when the administration and union couldn’t reach an agreement years ago?

As for the political scene, that is gearing up on the local level.

Incumbent Mayor Scott Avedisian faces a primary contest from Stacia Petri, while John “Jack” Kirby and Carel Callahan Bainum are squaring off in a Democratic primary. The winners of those contests will face Kevin Eisemann, who is running as an independent. We look forward to hearing their respective agendas for the city.

So while it may be a time to slow down a bit and enjoy the summer, it’s also a time to hear what those who look to lead Warwick consider important and for those running our schools to mend roofs and ensure there’s a contract going forward.

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