Key Barrington School Committee meeting is tonight at 7:30
The Barrington School Committee will hold a meeting tonight, May 9, to discuss the creation of a full-day kindergarten program and the proposed school budget. The meeting will be held in the school committee room at 7:30 p.m. Full-day kindergarten has been a hot topic in town. School officials initially put a $141,000 placeholder in [...]
Read More →Barrington school budget battle puts all-day K in doubt
The Barrington School Committee and the Committee on Appropriations were unable to strike a consensus on the budget during a meeting Thursday night. Members of the committee on appropriations entered the meeting with a recommendation to give the schools a $900,000 increase on the $46 million budget. The school committee, meanwhile, had started the budget [...]
Read More →Barrington’s Dominguez disappointed with school district report
Most of the news shared by school officials during district report night was good — Barrington’s standardized test scores for the SATs, AP exams and NECAPs were well above state averages and ranked at or near the top among public high schools in Rhode Island. But that was not good enough for school committee member [...]
Read More →Barrington Appropriations Committee looks at all-day K, student enrollment
The Barrington Appropriations Committee had a few questions for the Barrington School Committee Thursday night though the discussion focused more on long-term issues than the proposed $46.128 million school district budget. Appropriations member Joel Hellmann wanted to know if district leaders plan to lower personnel numbers as student enrollment figures drop. Mr. Hellmann said the [...]
Read More →Barrington School Committee seeks community participation in subcommittees
Implementation of Barrington Public Schools’ recently adopted 2012-2017 strategic plan is underway and local officials are once again looking for community participation in the process. A press release issued this week states that Barrington School is extending an invitation to the Barrington community for participation in new subcommittees that will facilitate implementation of strategic plan. [...]
Read More →Barrington School Committee approves $46.1 million budget
The Barrington Public Schools’ proposed fiscal year 2014 operating budget is heading to the appropriations committee. The school committee unanimously approved the $46.1 million spending plan Thursday night, one week after the public received its first look at the proposal. Director of Administration and Finance Ron Tarro provided a quick recap of the document at [...]
Read More →Barrington schools seek $1.05 million budget increase
The public received its first glance at the school district’s proposed fiscal year 2014 operating budget Thursday night, a $46.1 million spending plan that includes a $1.058 million net impact to taxpayers. Director of Administration and Finance Ron Tarro said the budget includes an overall spending increase of about $1.415 million, or 3.17 percent. While [...]
Read More →Barrington School Committee to review facility use policy
The Barrington School Committee will take another look at a use of school facilities policy approved last year. School committee member Paula Dominguez broached the topic at a meeting Thursday night. The policy spells out a fee structure for the use of various school facilities by different groups. Previously, the policy classified users into three [...]
Read More →Barrington resident nominated for state board of education
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee recently announced 10 nominees for the Rhode Island Board of Education. Included on the list of nominees is Barrington resident Patrick A. Guida. Mr. Guida is an attorney with Duffy & Sweeney, Ltd., and formerly with the Providence law firm of Tillinghast Licht LLP. He was elected to the Barrington School [...]
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