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Jennifer Lima
Mar 25, 20221 min read
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, 20223 min read
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 26, 20224 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
"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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20213 min read
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 1, 20215 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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...
Tom Sgouros
Sep 12, 20214 min read
Bullying public officials for doing the right thing
The Gaspee Project, a secretive conservative Rhode Island political group, is fundraising for the recall election against Jennifer Lima....
North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee
Aug 8, 20212 min read
How to Waste $25,000
On Friday, July 30, a group of North Kingstown citizens filed a recall petition against School Committee member Jen Lima. The petition...