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First let me say this, I sold my home and moved out of Warwick last August, primarily due to school system. My 8-year daughter, who has special needs, needed a better school system to help her. I lived on Warwick Neck and not once in her 3 years of a Warwick education did she ever attend Warwick Neck School. She was bussed to 5 different schools during her short educational career. Every time my wife and I met with the folks within the special education department, to explain why my daughter was being moved again to another school, they would say they did not have the resources and the ability at "X" school, so she was going to be moved to "Y" school. In the end, it was in her best interest to sell our home and move to another town.

If programs like "School Choice" was available or more access to charter schools, then maybe we would have considered staying in Warwick. But for the majority of her school career, teachers didn't have a contact; as a result, we never had Parent / Teacher's Conferences or Open Houses... If there was ever a vote to disband unions I would be more than happy to cast my vote. At one time, I think unions had a purpose (60 years ago), but now, in my opinion, there is no longer a need for them and tax payers should not have to foot the bill to their excessive demands without getting something good in return for their investments. Teacher's salaries are unbelievably high, but our kids are no where near the top of the list when it comes to their peers in other school districts.

Fortunately, we were able to get my daughter into a charter school where she is now thriving! The teacher are committed to the students rather than to a union and you can totally see the difference when a teacher is teacher for the right reasons!

I do miss living in Warwick, but I was tired of the Warwick School System constantly dropping the ball and being disingenuous to my daughter year-after-year.

Happy Waxing Gibbous Moon Everyone

Warwick Freemason

The Taxpayers' Freemason