Slater Middle School will have City Year AmeriCorps members under a $125,000 one-year agreement. Committee members criticized unspent school improvement grant money, with about $100,500 left as of Sept. 28. Teacher assistant hiring and training will return at the next work session.
Pawtucket, R.I. — The Pawtucket School Committee on Tuesday approved a $125,000 service agreement with City Year Rhode Island to place AmeriCorps members at Samuel Slater Middle School. Members also voted to pursue a written agreement with the city on a revolving fund for school construction money, and pressed district leaders on teacher assistant staffing and unspent grant funds.
This account comes from the Pawtucket School Committee’s published meeting recording. The committee approved the minutes of its Sept. 15 meeting by voice vote.
Teachers describe thin staffing
Three teachers spoke during public participation. A kindergarten teacher at Cunningham said the school no longer has an assistant principal. The teacher said its only two paraprofessional positions were abolished and the staff in them had to move to another school. The teacher described starting last year with no students on IEPs and ending with five. An IEP is a student’s individualized education program…