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The September ritual that started this week for high school senior Sydney Cagnetta and thousands of others on opening day is an annual renewal of a time for hope, possibility

The September ritual that started this week for high school senior Sydney Cagnetta and thousands of others on opening day is an annual renewal of a time for hope, possibility

Ken Duva, superintendent of schools, gets emotional at the end-of-the-year assembly June 13 in which students sang Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” to bid him farewell. Duva resigned from his post to accept a position in the North Kingstown school district. PHOTOS BY ANDREA VON HOHENLEITEN The leader of the local school

SIPALA A former administrator for the school district is returning to Jamestown on an interim basis to replace Ken Duva as superintendent. Katherine Sipala, who served as principal and superintendent from 2002-06, will assume the responsibility of overseeing operations of Melrose and Lawn schools. She will begin her part-time job in July. Duva resigned in

The school committee said it plans to hire an interim superintendent at its first meeting in June to succeed Ken Duva until a search for his successor is complete. Kristine Lapierre, chairwoman of the board, updated the public last Thursday at the committee’s meeting. It has met in executive session three times (May 15, May