Cranston

When Negotiating Season and Flat-Tire Season Coincide

By Justin Katz | February 21, 2009 |

In a comment to my post about Tiverton school officials’ ambiguous admission of intimidation by the National Education Association, Cranstoner Donald Botts relates the following anecdote: My take on their comments was that the union was attempting to use intimidation tactics against them, but they either were not intimidated or didn’t want to admit they…

Making Education Fit the Budget in Cranston

By Justin Katz | January 31, 2009 |

The scythe has come out in the Cranston school department: Gifted and talented programs? Gone. Middle school sports? Gone. Music lessons for children who want to play stringed instruments? Gone. These programs and others are among the casualties in the budget proposed by Schools Supt. M. Richard Scherza for the coming fiscal year, and the…