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SPECIAL MEETING
WOONSOCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2024
6:00 PM – OPEN SESSION
HAMLET MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAFETERIA
60 Florence Drive
Woonsocket, RI 02895


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Call to Order

Roll Call

This is a special meeting. Therefore, there will be no public comment for this meeting.

AGENDA ITEMS

1. Discussion/Approval on the Non-Union Benefits Policy - L. Kapiskas, D. Burke
ADJOURNMENT

 


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The U.S. is telling Americans to immediately leave Iran as major anti-regime protests rage on. The State Department bulletin is asking its U.S. citizens to leave Iran, prepare for communication blackouts, avoid demonstrations, stock up on essential equipment, and consider leaving by land via Armenia or Turkey. The bulletin comes just as President Trump is reportedly reviewing military options if the regime kills more protesters.        Democratic leaders in Minnesota are announcing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. The lawsuit is over the surge of additional ICE agents to Minneapolis following the deadly shooting involving an ICE agent. The state's Attorney General Keith Ellison says the agents are untrained and are making illegal arrests, causing chaos, and targeting people based on the color of their skin. Protests in Minneapolis have been ongoing since the shooting in Minneapolis last week.        The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow on cases involving transgender athlete bans in two states. The justices will consider challenges out of Idaho and West Virginia on whether states can ban transgender girls should from participating in girls' and women's sports. The decisions on those cases will impact similar bans already enacted in about half of the U.S.        The Clintons could be slapped with a contempt of Congress charge if they don't show up for a House committee hearing in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were originally ordered to appear before the GOP-led committee in December, but asked that the date get pushed back to January 13th. Now a committee spokesperson says neither has confirmed they will appear, and Congressman James Comer, the chairman of the panel, said he'll slap them with contempt if they don't show.        The Eastern U.S. is bracing for a mid-week snowstorm. The Tennessee River Valley, the Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast could all see significant snowfall totals. Meanwhile, arctic air is set to travel down from Canada starting today, which could create the right environment for large snow totals.        The first trailer is out for Lee Cronin's "The Mummy" ahead of its April 17th release. The film is a reboot of the horror franchise and follows a journalist searching for his daughter, who disappeared in the desert. When she reappears eight years later, something isn't quite right with her. In 2024, Cronin said this film will be unlike any "Mummy" movie "you ever laid eyeballs on before."       

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