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Upcoming Portsmouth meetings

  • Portsmouth Zoning Board of Review -August 19, 2010 07:00 PM 1 day 7 hours old
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  • Portsmouth Agricultural (Impact) Advisory Committee -August 05, 2010 06:00 PM 2 days 7 hours old
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The Town Council voted to decimate our schools. We have two weeks to gather signatures for a financial referendum election to restore funding. Learn more at Save Our Schools.

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School transition coverage

Coverage of the closing of Elmhurst and school transition planning. For official information, see the Portsmouth School district web site.

  • Portsmouth 4th grades go all team-teaching
  • Portsmouth school transition team maps 4th-grade options
  • Portsmouth schools narrow projected budget gap
  • Portsmouth parents threaten legal action on Elmhurst closing
  • Portsmouth school advisory committee wrangles with "districts"
  • Portsmouth school transition team hears from Middletown
  • Portsmouth school transition committee surfaces key themes
  • LTE: School Committee member explains Elmhurst decision
  • Portsmouth votes to close Elmhurst elementary
  • FAQs on proposed Elmhurst closing
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RI Funding Formula

Collection of recent coverage of the state education funding formula.

  • Statement by Comm. Gist on the funding formula, translated
  • Funding formula may be *slightly* less bad for Portsmouth
  • School funding formula passes legislature
  • GoLocalProv cites Portsmouth blogger on funding formula
  • Senate committee takes up RIDE bill
  • Portsmouth considers funding formulas
  • RI is Ready in Portsmouth tonight
  • House Finance hears from Portsmouth on ed funding
  • RI is Ready comes to Portsmouth May 17
  • RIDE funding formula bill introduced [Update]
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PCCWatch

On June 5, 2007, I was barred from a meeting of the PCC. After waiting 64 days, I was rejected by a secret ballot. Could it have been something I said?

“I don’t recall us ever claiming to represent all the taxpayers of the town.” — Larry Fitzmorris, ProJo 9/28/07

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

New! What happens when a civic-minded high-school student tries to attend a PCC meeting? Tax watchdogs bounce an Eagle Scout

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    jmcdaid
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  • Minor correction -- meeting is tonight, 7/28
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Upcoming Portsmouth meetings

  • Portsmouth Zoning Board of Review -August 19, 2010 07:00 PM
  • Portsmouth Prudence Island Planning Commission -July 31, 2010 09:00 AM
  • Portsmouth Agricultural (Impact) Advisory Committee -August 05, 2010 06:00 PM
  • Portsmouth Town Council -July 28, 2010 07:00 PM
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