Among the agenda items is establishing a subcommittee to look at special ed bus safety.
Right now, there is no department chair overseeing the visual and performing arts.
Vote for one of 5 pairs of local high schools in the national competition.
The EGHS student athlete is 1 of only 12 high school students in the country to reach this round.
Ocean State Transit decided to do the checks – which are not required – in response to the arrest Oct. 31 of an EG bus monitor on child porn charges.
Eighth- and fourth-graders ranked in the middle of the road in both reading and math when compared with students across the country.
School psychologists also sent home information on how to talk to your child about the situation.
Monday's information meeting about a bus monitor accused of possessing child porn turned heated at times as parents searched for answers.
Fifty teams competed; they also won the costume contest.
Once a week, they engage in what one of the members calls "entertaining discord."
The meeting Monday at Eldredge Elementary will include school and bus company officials, as well as police.
Background checks on Scott Sanford, who was arrested Thursday on child porn charges, had been clean.
William and Kimberly DiStefano own property in East Greenwich but live in North Kingstown; their child had attended school in EG since 2007.
Student loan debt likely will force today's college grads to work longer.
In addition to the usual dress-up days and pep rally on Friday, the Student Council organized a town-wide scavenger hunt.
The state Dept. of Education releases data for teacher evaluations for the 2012-13 school year.
A Dept. of Ed. representative vigorously defends the requirement while others on the panel and in the audience decry its use and the focus on standardized testing in general.
Officials unsure if the lower scores were the result of changes in the test design or poor performance.
Cole Middle School saw a 21-point increase in its proficiency percentage.
A seventh-grade Coventry student was suspended after the quarter-sized keychain fell out of his backpack. Did the school overreact?
Help your little one get a good start to the day with these easy-to-make, healthy morning meals.
The School Committee is forming an ad hoc committee to "think strategically about the future of the East Greenwich School District."
The first meeting, with the district's new special ed director, is Tuesday, Oct. 1.
No more pencils, no more books. iPads, smartphones and other technology find their way into the classroom.
In a surprise assembly, Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced Patricia Page, a business teacher at the high school, had earned the singular distinction.
Parents enlist the help of Suave for its ability to gently soothe and wash away the remnants of the game. Sponsored by Suave.
"I just couldn't imagine letting my kid out the door without a helmet," said School Committeewoman Carolyn Mark.
Bob Houghtaling wonders why, in the face of so much information in opposition, the R.I. Dept. of Ed continues to cling to the use of the NECAP as a graduation requirement.
Both sides call negotiations "amicable" thus far; the current contract expires Aug. 31.
You've bought the supplies (or not), you've got the new clothes (some of them), and like it or not, the first day of school is upon you. Here, some inspiration to get you ready for the year ahead.
At issue is a Department of Education retreat later this month to discuss high stakes testing – the judge ruled it must not exclude the public, including parents such as Tina Egan.
Bob Houghtaling extols the virtues of making mistakes.
Did education reformers really believe that standardized tests as graduation requirements, closing schools and blaming teachers were viable means of creating student success? asks Bob Houghtaling.
Don't worry – your children won't be left at the curb. EGSD is just trying to get an accurate count and plan the most sensible bus routes.