Warwick Public Schools (Rhode Island)

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Warwick Public Schools (WPS) is the public school district of Warwick, Rhode Island.

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History

In October 2015, Philip Thornton became the superintendent of the school district; he was previously the superintendent of the Cumberland School Department. [1]

Circa 2016 there was a plan to close and repurpose elementary schools that was to affect 600 students. [2] The Warwick Teachers Union opposed the plan. [3]

In 2019, the district announced that students which had families with school lunch fee debts would only be permitted to have sandwiches filled with jelly and nut butter. [4] In response, the company Chobani paid fees of the students, and Hamdi Ulukaya, the head of the company, criticized the policy. [5] The school district ended the sandwich rule. [6]

In 2021 Thornton became the Cumberland superintendent again. [1] Lynn Dambruch replaced him as Warwick superintendent. [7]

Schools

High schools
Middle schools
Elementary schools
Preschool
Other facilities
Former schools

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