State Takeover Request Of Providence Schools Approved

(Providence, RI)--Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Angelica Infante-Green's move to take over the Providence public school district is being approved.The state Council of Elementary and Secondary Education last night OK'd the request that Infante-Green made in response to a scathing report on the state of the capital city's school system.The state will be able to make financial, program and personnel decisions; Infante-Green said she wants to work with the teachers' union.She told The Providence Journal on Tuesday she plans to have a long-term superintendent selected for the school district later this year.


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