Category : Education

PROVIDENCE, RI – As Providence Public Schools undergoes a comprehensive turnaround effort, the district today issued displacement notices for 270 employees based on staffing consolidations, the ending of one-year positions, and failure to meet certification requirements. This process is based on programmatic and enrollment changes at the elementary, middle and high school levels and ensures that […]Read More

National Commemoration Highlights Former Cranston Officer AAA is proud to celebrate its School Safety Patrol program’s centennial anniversary. For 100 years, Patrollers around the world have provided school-aged children an extra sense of safety and security when going to and from school. The program and its more than 440 Lifesaving Award recipients have contributed to […]Read More

Providence Public Schools will pilot a special freshman academy next fall for approximately 200 ninth-graders and Newcomer students that is designed to ease the transition between middle school and high school. Students enrolled in the academy, located at 425 Branch Ave., will move to Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School at 375 Adelaide Ave., for grades 10-12. […]Read More

$1.3 million cut in state funding would impact some of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children and families in the middle of a pandemic when Head Start services are needed most. PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Head Start Association is calling on Governor McKee and the General Assembly to reverse proposed cuts to state funding […]Read More

Modified school choice process focuses on neighborhood options Providence public school registration for fall kindergarten has opened and will run through May 21, 2021. Students must be 5 years old by September 1, 2021 in order to qualify for placement. Kindergarten placement will be decided by lottery, but most school choices this year will be limited […]Read More

Seven days’ worth of children’s meals available on Wednesday, Feb. 17 During the week of February vacation, Providence Public School District will hold a meal distribution event on Wednesday, Feb. 17, that will include seven days’ worth of breakfasts, lunches and dinners for any children under the age of 18. To better accommodate families, the school district, in […]Read More