(Warwick, RI)--The Warwick School Committee is cutting sports and after-school programs.Earlier this month, when the potential cuts were announced, student-athletes and others protested at Warwick City Hall.Warwick Superintendent Philip Thornton says textbooks and teacher assistants are also being cut, and that this follows the closing of schools and reduced staff from previous budget years.The Warwick City Council and the school committee had been in mediation talks after the city council gave the committee millions of dollars less than they requested for their budget.