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Jennifer Lima
- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
Jen Lima answers more FAQs
As requested by the School Committee at its March 8th meeting, the DEI Subcommittee has re-reviewed the proposals for a DEI Community...
Jennifer Lima
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
MayDay for the School Budget is April 25
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...
Jennifer Lima
- Mar 25, 2022
- 1 min
Equity Audit Proposal to be Revised
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...
Jennifer Lima
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
We must talk about race, diversity, & inclusion in schools.
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...
gigiedwards
- Feb 27, 2022
- 4 min
I GOT AUDITED.
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...
Jennifer Lima
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
What's an "Equity Audit"? Why do one?
NK School Department's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Subcommittee has recommended to the full school committee that the district...
Kahlia Shmerer
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
"This is What Democracy Looks Like!"
Editor's Note: On the local level--especially for school boards all over the U.S.-- "dark money" and even foreign governments exert an...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Jan 31, 2022
- 2 min
2-min. recap of 1/25 & 2/1 School Comm Mtgs.
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:...
Jennifer Lima
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
T.A.N.K. Festival: "We are ALL readers."
You may have seen some of the news stories about recent efforts to ban books in school libraries. As a positive, celebratory...
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
- Jan 20, 2022
- 1 min
MLK-Day March for Education
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Now, more than...
gigiedwards
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
Who WERE those unmasked men??
Those of us who regularly went to 2021 NK School Committee meetings noticed a growing number of attendees--typically youngish men--whom...
Kim Page
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
Town Council Mtg Recap: December 13, 2021
The final 2021 Town Council meeting was busy, with many items on the agenda. It was our annual Joint meeting with the School Committee....
Katie Anderson
- Dec 2, 2021
- 5 min
Town Council Mtg Recaps: 11/22 & 11/29
The agenda initially set forth for the 11/22/21 meeting was ultimately divided into two sessions, with the second taking place on...
Kim Page
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
Town Council Update: November 8, 2021
Greg Mancini opened the meeting by addressing the allegations of sexual assault within the North Kingstown high school athletics. He...
Katie Anderson
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
A REFLECTION ON COMMUNITY, CONSERVATION, AND DEMOCRACY
You’ve probably heard about disruption at certain municipal meetings lately. You may have seen bullying. Cruelty. Misunderstanding....
gigiedwards
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
ARE OUR EARS & MINDS OPEN?
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...
Greg Blasbalg
- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
GENDER QUEER (& other books in our School & Town libraries)
What follows is a statement NK School Committee Chair Greg Blasbalg made at the Oct. 26 SC Meeting. For more background on the...
Kahlia Shmerer
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
What Are We Really Teaching Our Children?
Over the last several weeks, the book Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe has become the subject of many conversations, Facebook posts,...
Tom Sgouros
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
School Committee Report: Shut down
The October 12 North Kingstown School Committee meeting was adjourned during the public comment period at the start of the meeting when a...
Greg Blasbalg
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
Doing our best
Remarks delivered at the NK School Committee meeting, September 14, 2021 by Greg Blasbalg, chair. At a time that we are approving some...