NORTH KINGSTOWN DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE 

As requested by the School Committee at its March 8th meeting, the DEI Subcommittee has re-reviewed the proposals for a DEI Community...

Budgeting is hard. It’s not a process most people enjoy. If you’ve ever tried to make a household budget you know that not everyone in...

The full NK school committee voted on Tuesday night, 3/8, to send the equity audit proposal back to the DEI Subcommittee for purposes of...

This essay by Jen Lima appeared as a "Your Turn" in the Providence Journal on March 3, 2022. I knocked on almost 3,000 doors while...

Okay, it wasn't a financial audit. It was an unofficial Equity Audit, and I asked for it. Mainly I was trying to keep my student-teacher...

NK School Department's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Subcommittee has recommended to the full school committee that the district...

Editor's Note: On the local level--especially for school boards all over the U.S.-- "dark money" and even foreign governments exert an...

Here's a quick recap of the 52-minute NK SC meeting held via video on Tuesday, 1/25. Highlights of items covered in the Agenda: Budget:...

You may have seen some of the news stories about recent efforts to ban books in school libraries. As a positive, celebratory...

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Now, more than...

Those of us who regularly went to 2021 NK School Committee meetings noticed a growing number of attendees--typically youngish men--whom...

The final 2021 Town Council meeting was busy, with many items on the agenda. It was our annual Joint meeting with the School Committee....

The agenda initially set forth for the 11/22/21 meeting was ultimately divided into two sessions, with the second taking place on...

Greg Mancini opened the meeting by addressing the allegations of sexual assault within the North Kingstown high school athletics. He...

You’ve probably heard about disruption at certain municipal meetings lately. You may have seen bullying. Cruelty. Misunderstanding....

10/26 School Committee Mtg. Recap Editor's note: A friend once told me, "You can always tell who's losing an argument: the person who's...

What follows is a statement NK School Committee Chair Greg Blasbalg made at the Oct. 26 SC Meeting. For more background on the...

Over the last several weeks, the book Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe has become the subject of many conversations, Facebook posts,...

The October 12 North Kingstown School Committee meeting was adjourned during the public comment period at the start of the meeting when a...

Remarks delivered at the NK School Committee meeting, September 14, 2021 by Greg Blasbalg, chair. At a time that we are approving some...