Where

South Kingstown High School Cafeteria, 215 Columbia Street, Wakefield, RI, 02879

How to take part

• Attend in person at South Kingstown High School Cafeteria, 215 Columbia Street, Wakefield, RI, 02879.
• The posted agenda (opens in new tab) is the official notice. It may give instructions for public comment.

What's on the agenda

The meeting includes a closed executive session on the superintendent's annual evaluation and proposed renewal contract, and on a school safety plan. Open session items include bid awards, fundraisers, and a status update on the new South Kingstown High School.

Agenda items

• Executive session: superintendent annual evaluation and proposed renewal contract
• Executive session: school safety plan
• Monthly student recognition ceremony for Matunuck Elementary, Peace Dale Elementary, West Kingston Elementary, Broad Rock Middle School, and South Kingstown High School
• Public comments
• Consent agenda: approval of executive session minutes from 9/22/2026
• Consent agenda: approval of open session minutes from 10/13/2026 business meeting and joint meeting with Town Council
• Consent agenda: approval of purchase orders over $10,350 with North Kingstown School Department and Exeter-West Greenwich
• Consent agenda: approval of homeschool requests for SY 2026-2027 for Student 75 through Student 79

Show 13 more items

• Consent agenda: approval of SKHS Italian Club fundraiser for International Women's Day flower sales
• Superintendent's report: personnel actions, for information only, with no board action required
• Approval of SKHS Class of 2030 car wash fundraiser
• Approval of SKHS Class of 2030 '30 for 30' fundraiser
• Approval of MES holiday piano concert fundraiser
• Approval of bid award for RFP # SK0013CD, fire alarm, sprinkler and suppression systems inspection, testing, maintenance, and repairs, to Precision Alarm Corp.
• Approval of bid award for RFP #2474, gym wall padding, to National Equipment and Facility Solutions
• Approval of bid award for RFP #2475, replace and install Aldrich boiler unit at Hazard Building, industrial burner
• Office of Teaching & Learning update on Strategic Priority 2: Trust & Respect, School Climate Quarter 1 Survey
• Office of Teaching & Learning update on 2025-2026 state testing scores and accountability results
• School Building Committee status update on new South Kingstown High School and Athletic Field/Stadium Complex at Curtis Corner
• Transportation subcommittee update
• School Committee Goal #4: Making Data Based Decisions

The full text is in the town's PDF, linked below.

Agenda posted on the Open Meetings portal (PDF, 263 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 24, 2026.

Terms used here

consent agenda

Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. Rhode Island's Open Meetings Act (R.I.G.L. § 42-46-5) allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, collective bargaining, buying land, or personnel matters.

RIGL

Rhode Island General Laws, the state's laws.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting on the state's Open Meetings portal (opens in new tab), where every public body in the state files its notices and minutes. First recorded by South Kingstown Publick on October 24, 2026.