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, Washington County, Rhode Island, 02852 United States: District information; Type: Public: Grades: Pre-K through 12: Superintendent: Kenneth Duva: School board: 5 members: Chair of the board: Erin Earle: Governing agency: Rhode Island Department of Education: Schools: 9: NCES District ID: 4400750 [1] Students and staff; Students: 3842 (2022 ...
The Providence County Courthouse (also known as the Frank Licht Judicial Complex) is a Georgian Revival building in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. The building contains the state's court of last resort , the Rhode Island Supreme Court , and the local trial court, the Providence County Superior Court.
In Rhode Island, as in most of New England, the laws regulating municipal authority are very broadly construed. Thus, Rhode Island towns have the form, if not the substance, of home rule, with powers comparable to those that a city in other states would normally have. Rhode Island state law does not distinguish between a city and a town.
They are Aquidneck Elementary School (grades Pre-K to 3), Forest Avenue Elementary School (grades K–3), Joseph H. Gaudet Middle School (grades 4–8) and Middletown High School (grades 9–12). Middletown is also home to private schools, including All Saints Academy (grades K–8), a Catholic school, [9] and St. George's School (grades 9–12).
There were previously multiple elementary schools, with seven in operation as of 1997, [5] and six in operation in the mid-2000s. The relatively small schools remained in operation even though the city is only 7.7 square miles (20 km 2) large; members of the Newport community wished to keep them open as they wanted their children to be in walking distance of their elementary schools.
The Superior Court exercises concurrent jurisdiction in civil matters with an amount in controversy between $5,000 and $10,000 with the lower District Court (a court of limited jurisdiction), and also has concurrent jurisdiction with the Rhode Island Supreme Court (the state supreme court) in the issuance of writs of habeas corpus and mandamus.
This is a list of school districts in Rhode Island, sorted alphabetically. The majority of school districts are controlled by town governments, with some by city governments. As of 2002, the Central Falls School District was directly controlled by the Rhode Island government (and had been since 1991).
Blackstone River State Park, Rhode Island: This park borders both the Blackstone River and Canal and contains bike paths, walking trails, and river access. The Wilbur Kelly Museum, built by former merchant ship's captain and mill owner Wilbur Kelly, is also within the park, and the museum tells the story of the region's transportation history ...