Education commissioner goes off on Providence school board president for sharing confidential memo

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 19, 2026

Words: 900

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Angélica Infante-Green has a tentative plan to return control of Providence’s public schools to the capital city before the state’s presumed deadline of October 2027 — emphasis on tentative.

Providence School Board President Ty’Relle Stephens shared the apparently nonpublic plan with his mailing list at 4:55 p.m. Monday, packaging it with his statement claiming Infante-Green aimed for a date of June 30, 2027, but could allow the …

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