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■ “ The upgrade reflects our assessment of the town’s stable economic indicators,” says the credit rating firm. By EMILY DUPUIS Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — Standard & Poor’s upgraded the town’s bond rating Tuesday, citing a stable outlook despite the state and nation’s economic woes. The independent credit rating agency raised its measure of the town’s credit risk [...] By EMILY DUPUIS WESTERLY – Last month’s lockdown and drug search at Westerly High School left some students visibly anxious. “There are kids who, because of that, saw the school and police department are not messing around,” said Nick Schilke, senior class president, adding the show of force “definitely made a huge impact.” While the K-9 search, which [...] Talks on a single finance director to continue, as well as consolidation of other positions to save money. By EMILY DUPUIS WESTERLY — Talks are expected to continue, but town and school officials appear divided on the idea of appointing a single director to oversee both municipal and school finances. Town Council and School Committee members [...] Justin Katz My main argument against looking toward centralized levers — whether in Providence or Washington — to reform education has essentially been that national teachers’ unions are better situated to manipulate higher tiers of government than are concerned residents acting through democratic processes. Within the scope of town politics, an active group can have some [...] (Thank you to the Westerly teachers and the School Committee for being Leaders in Education!) Westerly teacher contract ratified “This is the first and only, to my knowledge, local [union] in the state of Rhode Island that has ever taken a no-step year,” says a teacher rep. By EMILY DUPUIS Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — The School Committee ratified [...] If school board passes proposal, it will discuss details at Monday meeting. By EMILY DUPUIS Sun Staff Writer WESTERLY — In a late-hour move, the School Committee has placed a new teachers contract proposal on the table. While the Westerly Teacher’s Association negotiations team has seen the proposal, it’s not known if it is accepting the pact or if [...] |
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