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Peters Settlement The departure and settlement ends a failed episode on the effort to improve Providence Public Schools Peters earned $225,000 a year and signed a three-year contract in January of 2020. And, by contract the state made an additional 15% annual contribution to Peters state retirement account it computes to another $33,750 per year. The settlement provides for mutual indemnification, the lumpsum payment from the State of Rhode Island to Peters includes salary, auto payments and retirement payments. The contract provided other financial incentives. Peters was just about 15 months through the 36-month agreement. ....
May 19, 2021 5:50 pm PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – As pressure mounts for the leader of Providence Public Schools to resign over his hiring of a school administrator accused of inappropriately touching students, a lawmaker has announced plans to submit legislation to reform oversight of the district. Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin said she and her colleagues were “horrified” when hearing about the allegations against former Providence Schools Administrator Olayinka Alege, who was charged with simple assault and battery by the Warwick Police Department on April 20 after he gave a forced foot massage to a minor at a gym. Before working in Providence, Alege worked for Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa where similar incidents were reported. ....
Updated: 2:34 PM EDT May 12, 2021 WARWICK, R.I. A former Tampa school administrator and current high-ranking school official in Rhode Island was arrested Monday and is now on leave. CBS affiliate WPRI reports 40-year-old Olayinka Alege, who oversees middle and high schools in Providence, was charged with misdemeanor simple assault and/or battery. According to NBC affiliate WJAR, the arrest stems from an April 20 situation at a fitness center in Warwick. Citing a police report, the television station says a boy accused Alege of removing his shoe and sock without asking before massaging up and down his feet for 30-45 seconds. ....
Jennie Johnson Jennie Johnson is executive director of City Year Providence. By now, two things are clear. COVID-19 has exposed long-standing inequities, particularly those faced by students in households with lower incomes, students of color and multi-lingual learners who attend systemically under-resourced schools including Providence Public Schools. And, under President Biden’s stimulus plan, public education will soon be receiving sizable infusions, in part to help address this injustice. How should we invest these funds? How can we ensure that when our schools reopen next fall, they’re better than before? In the nearly three decades City Year has served Rhode Island, research about how children develop has reinforced what we’ve learned in practice: to flourish, students require access to environments and relationships that nurture their academic, social and emotional growth. ....