Superintendent Richard D'Agostino announces retirement

Posted 6/8/15

PRESS RELEASE FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND WARWICK SCHOOL COMMITTEE

After much reflection, Dr. Richard D'Agostino has decided to retire from the Warwick Public Schools effective July 13, 2015. Dr. …

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Superintendent Richard D'Agostino announces retirement

Posted

PRESS RELEASE FROM SUPERINTENDENT AND WARWICK SCHOOL COMMITTEE

After much reflection, Dr. Richard D'Agostino has decided to retire from the Warwick Public Schools effective July 13, 2015. Dr. D'Agostino has enjoyed 33 years in Warwick. Dr. D'Agostino would like to thank staff, both past and present, and the community of Warwick for the opportunity to serve.

Find more details in tomorrow's edition of the Warwick Beacon.

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  • jackiemama63

    More chaos.

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • markyc

    Another fiasco. Back to the drawing board for a new Superintendent(apparently). Plus, delayed consolidation decisions & budget cuts(did the Committee really expect to receive its $6.9 million additional budget request?).

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • Justanidiot

    Why toss your hat into the ring if you retire?

    First Mr. Horoshack left with no explanation (if it is personal, say so, if not, make it public) and now we have a punt on third down.

    Something very fishy is going on.

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • genereux

    Please come to the meetings at Tollgate 6pm tonight and 7pm tomorrow to speak against the hiring of Dr. Anthony Pope. He was removed as superintendent of Marlborough Mass in 2012. Paid $100000 to leave and was barred from attending the graduation as a result of his leadership. He is currently the only candidate Warwick has and is set to be hired Tuesday night!

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • danfire

    D'Agostino only retired because he was going to be fired over the cover up with the penis drawings at Gorton.Now that D'Agostino and mullen have left in disgrace the public should be looking to fire the people who put these puppets in these high paying jobs. We need to have Beth fartado and Jen Ahern resign. It was Mrs Fartado who put her boys in these jobs with Mrs. Aherns backing. Mrs. Ahern want to hire her man Anthony Pope who has had a large number of jobs over the past 10 years and was fired from his last 2 jobs. Mrs Aheran I do not think the 3rd time is the charm for the Pope. Hire the man from tollgate or reopen the search. As for school closing Mrs. Ahearn has spent 300,000 on someone to close the schools and after the process is complete. Question Why is Gorton or Aldrich up for closing before the committee receives the consolidation report. I think it is time for Furtado and Ahearn to retire if not lets fire them with a recall election.

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • Rickdoza

    All you have to do is google Superintendent Anthony Pope and then HOLY COW! Do we need another problem people! COME ON NOW! Please get rid of these Tea Party idiot school committee members. They are destroying the Warwick Public School Sysytem. They clearly have an agenda and it isn't the well-being of our students. What ever happened to William McCaffrey? Didn't he apply for the job. What idiot decided that Pope was better than William McCaffrey. Mr Nadeau will you just retire already. D'Agostino got the hint now it's your turn.

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • TessEckel

    GOOD RIDDANCE

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • jackiemama63

    Nothing fishy, just a man who is tired. If he had committed any wrongdoing WSC would have canned him immediately. He probably hasn't done anything wrong, neither did Dennis Mullen or Rosemary Healy. It was all politics, and they chose not to play the game. Think about it. Why would the same school committee who is investigating the three of them, specifically the Superintendent, keep his name for consideration as a candidate for that job. His contract was going to come up in July anyhow. No loss for him, only a nice pension. Regarding the other two folks being investigated by the WSC, one will retain a high-paying job as head of Human Resources for WPS, and the other was recently hired by Merrymount School as the Principal. It doesn't sound like the "investigation" did anything but anger some people. Will the report ever come out? If it doesn't it is probably because there was no wrongdoing. The WSC doesn't have to protect any of them....yet..here we are. The entire district is a mess.

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • danfire

    Jackie shows how little you know. Merrymount chose not to hire mullen because of what has happened. Just like when you got sucked into there school closing game.

    Monday, June 8, 2015 Report this

  • jackiemama63

    "Shows how little" I know? You must be "Mr. Wizard," Danfire, if I have the wrong information, so be it. As of yesterday, it was my belief, as well as others, that he still had the job offered to him. Regarding consolidation, the LTFPC had it "right" in December of 2013, and if the WSC had followed the plan, we wouldn't have a school district imploding before our eyes. We can disagree whether or not the plan is was the correct choice all day long, it makes no difference. At the end of the day, we agree on one thing...the WSC has made a muck of things. Let's hope for the best.

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Report this

  • Justanidiot

    Let's close all the schools and ship our kids to Cranston, Providence, East Greenwich, etc Pay these communities per child and bulldoze all the school buildings and put in parking lots.

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Report this

  • JohnStark

    Justanidiot: Not a horrible idea. There are two problems, however. First, it's doubtful that the communities you listed have the room to accommodate 9,000 additional students, or 3000 per community. Second, the list does not include private or parochial schools. The inclusion of said schools would save Warwick taxpayers between 25 and 40% per student.

    Jackie: I believe this Saturday marks the 18 month anniversary (6/13) of the LTFPC's report and subsequent rejection by the WSC. Since then, there have been numerous highlights: Enrollment has considered it's death spiral, two teachers from the same school have been arrested, a superintendent has retired in disgrace, an attorney was hired to investigate how paid professionals handled their responsibility, playing fields at city schools are deemed to be unplayable, and a system that spends $18,000 per student insists that taxpayers are not spending enough. But my personal favorite is the complete and utter lack of leadership, from the mayor to supt. to school committee, on the issue of consolidation. This abdication of responsibility has cost taxpayers untold millions without even factoring in the cost of a consultant to tell elected officials how to do their jobs. In the Dreaded Private Sector, everyone in sight would have been fired over a year ago. A better example of mind-numbing, governmental pathology I have not seen.

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Report this

  • smh

    Amen Danfire

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Report this

  • smh

    and JohnStark, I concur, however, it is the apathy & complacency on the part of the citizen's of Warwick that have gotten into this mess....

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Report this

  • jackiemama63

    Thank you for reminding me of that auspicious occasion, John Stark! As always, your observations and grasp of the chronically dysfunctional City of Warwick and it's troubled child, the Warwick School Committee, makes me smile.

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Report this

  • Justanidiot

    Lord Stark,

    How about the city give each parent the $18,000 and let them send their kid to school.

    Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Report this

  • JohnStark

    Just: I've advocated just that for the better part of three decades. Send your kid to Hendricken for $13k, and the city retains the $5k difference. Send him to Andover Academy, and you're on the hook for about $20k. Either way, your tax dollars follow your kid. Biggest beneficiaries: low and middle income families. Hence, teachers' union has fought it for as long as it's been proposed. Much better to keep kids shackled to inferior schools and retain jobs. After all it's always "...for the children."

    Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Report this