Middletown Public Schools (Rhode Island)

Middletown Public Schools is a school district in Middletown, Rhode Island.

Middletown High School

Schools

• Middletown High School
• J. H. Gaudet Middle School (grades 5–8)
• J. H. Gaudet Learning Academy (grade 4), located at Gaudet Middle^[1]

Grades PK-3:

• Aquidneck Elementary School
• Forest Avenue Elementary School

In 2009, in consideration of a decline in enrollment and a reduced budget, the school district closed John F. Kennedy Elementary School.^[1] As of 2014^[update] Newport Public Schools sends preschool students to leased classrooms at Kennedy due to overpopulation at Claiborne Pell School in Newport.^[2] As of 2018^[update] Middletown Schools plans to reoccupy the building, so the arrangement with Newport will expire in 2021.^[3] In addition John F. Kennedy Head Start operates out of the facility.^[4]

References

1. Lemire, Angela (September 20, 2010). "Town Council to Discuss Uses for Dormant JFK School". Rhode Island Patch. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
2. Moorehead, Jacquelyn (July 24, 2014). "School Committee Seeks Space at JFK". Newport This Week. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
3. Borg, Linda (February 24, 2018). "Newport's newest school already bursting at the seams". Providence Journal. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
4. "John F. Kennedy Head Start." Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families. Retrieved on June 4, 2018. "Name: John F. Kennedy Head Start Address: 740 West Main Road, Middletown, 02842"

External links

• Middletown Public Schools