Boost for school construction, job training

PIPE FITTER: Michael Stuba trains to become a pipe fitter for General Dynamics Electric Boat through a Westerly Education Center program put on by the Community College of Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD
PIPE FITTER: Michael Stuba trains to become a pipe fitter for General Dynamics Electric Boat through a Westerly Education Center program put on by the Community College of Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

The Ocean State had its eyes on the public school system this past year, as two statewide ballot requests for funding, not to mention eight town- and citywide local bond measures tied to local schools, won overwhelming support from voters in November. The first will confer $250 million in public school facility investments over five

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