With enrollment declines and delayed state budget appropriations, the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and the Community College of Rhode Island are facing a combined estimated budget shortfall of more than $60 million.
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For Providence College students, a somber start to the semester
Providence College students have been living in lockdown for the last week, as the college tries to contain the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Providence College extends online classes through next week, amid COVID-19 outbreak
Providence College’s classes will remain online until at least October 3rd, the private, Catholic college announced Friday. The college is working to contain an outbreak first reported last week with a spike of 67 positive cases in one day. As of Friday, the number of positive cases had reached 219, with a positivity rate since […]
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Providence College now reports more than 200 cases of COVID-19
College officials reported 14 new positive cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 205. The school spent the last week testing every student, and is expected to finish up testing by Friday. The positive case rate over seven days is now 2.5 percent. The neighborhood surrounding the college, typically filled with the sounds of students […]
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URI and Providence College see new COVID-19 cases over weekend
At Providence College, 34 students have tested positive since a spike in cases last week prompted the school to shut down in-person classes and issue a stay at home order to students. The school is in the process of testing all students, and tested more than 2,400 over the course of Friday and Saturday. The […]
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Providence College orders all students to stay at home; 120 students test positive for COVID-19
Over the course of two days this week, 84 students at Providence College tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting school officials Thursday night to issue a stay-at-home order for all students and end in-person instruction at least until Sept. 26. By Friday, the state Department of Health had identified a total of about 120 students […]
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Providence elementary staff member tests positive for COVID-19 on first day of school
The employee was a staff member at Carnevale Elementary School in Providence. The school has not been required to close by state health officials. “The school can remain open if we take certain actions,” said district spokesperson Laura Hart. “One of those actions is cordoning off, restricting access to the area where that particular staff […]
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In person and online, Rhode Island students return to school
It was not the start of school that many had hoped for, nor was it a return to normalcy after the abrupt shutdown of schools this spring. Instead, most public schools in Rhode Island reopened– at least partially– in an atmosphere of wariness and uncertainty.
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Some school sports will return in Rhode Island this fall
Limited fall sports will be returning for the upcoming season. Middle and high school athletes will be allowed to participate in cross country and tennis, likely with few modifications. Field hockey, soccer and cheerleading will take place with new safety regulations, which will be worked out over the next several weeks. “It will be new […]
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K-12 contact tracing program to be part of schools reopening
The state is beginning a school-specific contact tracing program, in preparation for the start of classes in two weeks. With districts likely to begin sending teachers and students back into buildings September 14, cases of COVID-19 could begin appearing in schools. State leaders say preventing those cases from spreading is key to keeping schools open. […]
