Even across the dull screen of a 10" Chromebook, the joy was impossible to miss when art teacher Leah Keith logged on Friday morning to talk to one of her classes at Mt. Hope High School.
It was …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/1/21
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Bristol Warren Regional School Committee members will ask the Joint Finance Committee for a 3 percent increase in local education spending this coming school year, after a 5-4 vote on the budget …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/25/21
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Bristol Warren Regional School Committee members and, just prior, members of the committee's budget subcommittee on Monday night expressed anger, concern, frustration and wariness as Superintendent …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/23/21
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Bristol Warren's school superintendent is stepping away from the job for five weeks to be with his family and provide support to his mother, who is facing health problems.
Superintendent Dr. …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/22/21
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All students and staff at Barrington High School and Barrington Middle School are now being offered testing for Covid-19 through a special program that will run through the end of the school year.
The program was made …
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1/21/21
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Barrington school officials are expecting the student population will increase by more than 200 over the next 10 years.
During a school committee meeting on Thursday night, Barrington Schools …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/12/21
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Bristol Warren school officials are working with the state Department of Health to organize a one-day mass event in which every person in the towns' school community — students, teachers and …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/12/21
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Public school students in Barrington are distance learning this week, and are expected to return to in-person learning starting Monday, Jan. 11.
The district recently announced its schedule …
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1/6/21
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Bristol Warren Regional School District officials last week hired a part time budget consultant to help go over the district's books as officials look to finalize a 2021-22 budget and have it ready …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/15/20
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Barrington Schools will take a break from in-person learning next week, and continue with distance learning in early January.
The local public school district announced the change in an email on …
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12/15/20
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In a split vote, long-time member Marjorie McBride of Bristol was elected chairwoman of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee Monday night, with Warren's Tara Thibaudeau named …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/1/20
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Alexandra "Xan" Maddock-Mark was looking for a Senior Project. What she found was much, much more.
The Barrington High School senior spent months working with the Good Neighbors Soup Kitchen, Day …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/26/20
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The voicemail was good news.
A student's parent had called Barrington Superintendent of Schools Michael Messore to say thanks for the administration's decision to continue in-person learning at …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/20/20
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Aidan Weber, working on his computer at home, made a video, founded a website and spread the word around school about his fund-raiser for the Wounded Warrior Project. To date, the drive …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/17/20
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Bristol Warren Regional School District officials closed Kickemuit Middle School to in-person learning Friday, after learning Thursday afternoon of a new Covid-19 infection at the …
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11/13/20
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A Barrington resident is hoping the video she helped create will prevent children from abusing opioids later in life.
Dr. Jen Reynolds, a certified physical therapist, created a video that …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/13/20
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The BAY Team recently launched a new initiative in response to parents’ concerns of the impact of COVID-19 on daily lives and schooling. "Raise Your Hand" is a community website where people …
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11/13/20
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A veteran Barrington High School teacher said preparing for class and delivering instruction has never been more difficult than it is this year.
He said the challenges include mastering technology …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/5/20
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There was no homecoming football game and no homecoming parade, but students at Barrington High School still voted for this year's homecoming court and the two Golden Eagles.
Students selected …
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11/3/20
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Mark Whittaker has always enjoyed taking his students outdoors for some of their lessons.
The Hampden Meadows School teacher said he has long incorporated trips outdoors into his curriculum plans: …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/14/20
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Twenty years ago she walked the halls of Barrington High School as a student.
Now she walks the halls as an assistant principal.
The school district recently hired Allison Scanlon, a longtime …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/13/20
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Barrington Public Schools and the municipal government received nearly $100,000 in grant money from the state recently, as part of the "Take It Outside" program.
Rhode Island Governor Gina …
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10/2/20
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A power outage in Barrington resulted in a delayed start for the high school on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
The electricity went out at about 7:30 a.m., and officials at the high school decided to keep …
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9/30/20
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Adele Carlson had been trying to think of some way to give back to the community.
She grew up in town and attended the local schools, and both her daughters did the same. Now her three …
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By Josh Bickford
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9/24/20
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Social justice and the question of morality lessons in the classroom turned into a hot political discussion in Warren and Bristol this week, following an online post last week by a school committee …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/23/20
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