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As reflected in a previous post, $24,187 is now being spent per student! Recent census data supports what we already knew; Warwick's overall population is unchanged over the last ten years. But the public school enrollment continues to drop by 11% every five years, for the last 20 years, like clockwork. Like it or not, Warwick has become an aging population. Young families who choose to move to the city may send their children to local public elementary, and even middle schools. But by high school, those who are informed quickly learn the names of "Hendricken", "LaSalle", "BayView", and "Prout". Those who do not are relegated to a school in which three-quarters of the population are deemed to be "Not Meeting Expectations" in Math. And magically, we are to believe that a new building is going fix all this. If the school committee is truly committed to educating all of Warwick's kids, they will embrace a system of education that benefits all of Warwick's kids. And this means vouchers, by which funds follow the student. If not, build all the new schools you want in order to produce more illiterate and unemployable kids who continue to require remedial classes at CCRI.