1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (373+ words) A new analysis finds the 2026-27 school year will cost families close to $4,000 per child, up 10.7 percent, with lunchboxes up nearly 27 percent and notebooks up 23 percent. Rhode Island offers no back-to-school sales tax holiday, while Massachusetts and Connecticut both hold theirs…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1133+ words) Pawtucket's capital reserve may hold about $13.9 million, roughly double what some committee members say they were told earlier this year. The district's CFO called it a "soft number" and said reconciliation of older records is still underway. Pawtucket's school capital…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (227+ words) A state decision on how out-of-district tuition is calculated — prompted by a Warwick lawsuit — could push up what South Kingstown pays to send students to Narragansett, its largest out-of-district placement, district officials told the School Committee Tuesday. South Kingstown's payments…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (327+ words) East Providence will offer two free, accessible bus tours on September 26 highlighting local Revolutionary War figures, with registration opening September 12. East Providence residents can explore local Revolutionary War history during a free, fully accessible bus tour departing from the historic…...