That’s according to a spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Education.
The longer term goal is to have a new superintendent ready to go by the start of the school year in the Fall of 2021.
The former Providence Superintendent, Harrison Peters, resigned after facing widespread backlash from community leaders, community members, and state lawmakers for his hiring of a former school administrator.
That administrator was arrested for giving a minor an unwanted foot massage at a Warwick gym.
PROVIDENCE Glenn Zienowicz doesn’t just teach middle schoolers how to perform. He teaches them how to fly.
In play after play, Zienowicz, known as Mr. Zin, has inspired students at Nathan Bishop Middle School to reach deep into their adolescent souls and produce college-level performances. Everything he touches the costumes, the sets, the lighting turns to magic, parents and students say.
But this fall, Zienowicz will be gone, his drama class, an elective, replaced by computer science, which the district says is in higher demand. The after-school drama club will continue, but parents and students say theater won’t be the same without him.
May 24, 2021
(Providence, RI) Two summers ago, the state of Rhode Island took over Providence Public Schools in reaction to a scathing report on the district. Now, the superintendent that was chosen to lead the turnaround effort has been let go. Harrison Peters resigned last week after admitting he hired a school administrator despite knowing about his history of quote-unquote toe-popping students as a form of corporal punishment in Florida years ago. Olayinka Alege is now facing charges for allegedly giving an underage boy an unwanted foot massage at a fitness center in Warwick. Rhode Island political leaders are dismayed that not only was Peters not fired, but he also was given a sizable severance payment. State Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green says she remains committed to the Providence turnaround effort and says a lot of progress has been made.