City Council President Matos Issues Statement on State Takeover of Prov Schools

City Council President Matos Issues Statement on State Takeover of Prov Schools

Providence City Council President Sabina Matos has issued a statement regarding the state take over of Providence Schools.

As GoLocalProv reported on Friday, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza got the official call this week from RI Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green that the state will be taking over Providence schools.

Elorza on Friday morning is holding a press conference calling for a state takeover — a decision which was, de facto made months ago by Governor Gina Raimondo’s administration.

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The Rhode Island Board of Education is expected to unveil the takeover plan at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday.

Matos Issued the Following Statement:

In the aftermath of the Providence Public School District Community Forums and on the eve of a state takeover of our public school district, the City Council remains committed to playing a collaborative role in our children’s educational future.

We look forward to the opportunity to work in partnership with RIDE and to help foster solutions that will improve educational outcomes for our kids. Council President Matos and the Council's finance team looks forward to continued dialogue with Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and the Governor's senior staff to achieve this end.

Despite the Mayor not being communicative or transparent with the Council in these preliminary stages of this process, we remain unwavering in our shared responsibilities to provide students with safer and cleaner school buildings, a more relevant and rigorous curriculum, and a quality of education that sets them up for success.