More Providence Schools Chaos: Call for Providence School Chair to Resign Then Gets Retracted
If Providence Schools needed more chaos, they got it on Friday.
A press release issued on Friday morning claimed that three former Providence School Board members with high-profile positions in Rhode Island were calling for the chair of the Providence School Board to resign; then, five hours later, after GoLocal followed up with questions, the press release was “retracted.”
The Board is chaired by Ty’Relle Stephens. According to the Providence School Department website, “In February 2025, at the age of 23, Ty’Relle was elected by his fellow Board members to serve as President of the Providence School Board, becoming the youngest Board President in the history of the Providence Public School District.”…