A team of students from Barrington High School earned a first place rating and finished second in Rhode Island in the SIFMA Foundation’s “Stock Market Game.”
Students in Tammy …
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2/28/22
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School officials are anticipating a 23 percent increase in state aid next year.
That is not a typo.
During the school committee meeting on Feb. 17, Barrington school officials shared a …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/25/22
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On Thursday morning, Feb. 17, officials emailed Hampden Meadows School parents seeking volunteers to help students with reading and math support.
To qualify, parents must have an approved …
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2/24/22
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The public comment portion of the Barrington School Committee meeting on Thursday night actually started very early Friday morning.
And despite having to wait nearly four hours to speak, dozens …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/21/22
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An effort is underway to remove members of the Barrington School Committee from office.
During an hour-long public comment period at Thursday night’s school committee meeting, more than a …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/19/22
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The Barrington School Committee fired five teachers during Thursday night’s meeting.
But the process of issuing “notices of non-renewal” did not allow the public to know many …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/18/22
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Barrington Public Schools released a list of their new Covid mitigation measures, which include new rules about masks and quarantine times.
District officials shared a framework for how it will …
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2/16/22
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Members of the Barrington teachers union voted to approve an agreement that carves out an exception to the school committee’s booster mandate.
The agreement, which was voted through …
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2/15/22
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Gina Bae said the message from Barrington residents was clear: School officials need to slow down the process.
Barrington school leaders decided late last week to pump the brakes on an in-depth …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/10/22
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The new Barrington Middle School building has been open for less than three years. And for two of those years, the state-of-the-art auditorium located inside the school has been …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/9/22
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The Barrington High School RoboEagles began their quest for a robotics state championship on Nov. 10.
That gave them about four months to build their robot, complete all the necessary coding and …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/2/22
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The appeal hearing for three fired Barrington teachers has been postponed… again.
The hearing had been scheduled for Thursday night, Jan. 27 via Zoom, but the teachers reportedly refused to …
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1/27/22
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What will the future of public schools look like in Barrington?
A Jan. 31 community workshop will discuss that exact topic.
A team of officials including representatives from the …
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1/27/22
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The Wolf School and St. Andrew’s School are partnering to create a supportive and comprehensive high school option for complex learners.
With the goal of increasing access to a wider range …
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1/24/22
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Principal Joe Hurley has been at Barrington High School for more than two decades. And he’s been working in education for more than 40 years.
But later this year, shortly after he hands out …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/21/22
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Should teachers have shorter quarantine times than students? In Barrington, they do.
On Jan. 8, the school district sent an email to families of Barrington students detailing the …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/19/22
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Barrington schools will follow some of the new protocols and procedures set by the Rhode Island Department of Health and the CDC, but not all of them.
The Rhode Island Department of Education …
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1/9/22
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Principal Joseph Hurley announced that Barrington High School will switch to distance learning starting tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 6.
Mr. Hurley sent an email to students’ families on …
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1/5/22
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Rising tensions over threats of school violence yielded a response from Barrington school officials late this week.
On Thursday night, Barrington Superintendent of Schools Michael Messore sent …
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12/17/21
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Barrington Police had a heavy presence at Barrington High School on Monday afternoon, Dec. 13, after a student there found a threatening message written in a girls’ bathroom.
The …
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12/13/21
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A Barrington resident recently asked school committee members how many fully-vaccinated teachers in Barrington were currently out of school after testing positive for Covid-19.
The resident, Kiela …
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By Josh Bickford
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12/10/21
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A new report focused on athletic fields in Barrington includes wide-ranging recommendations, such as covering a large portion of the high school’s playing fields in artificial turf (but not …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/17/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Young cancer patients at Hasbro Children’s Hospital will soon be a little warmer at night, thanks to members of Every Student Initiative (ESI).
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By Jim McGaw
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11/16/21
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PORTSMOUTH — George Cushman was pumped up.
The 90-year-old Army veteran shook his fist and waved other veterans over to join him in front of the Portsmouth High School Marching Band before …
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By Jim McGaw
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11/12/21
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Barrington Police believe a bag of urine found on the edge of a school committee member’s property late last week was not placed there in an act of hostility.
According to police, the school …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/5/21
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