Newport Show 2014

Wake up with Now available by 6am NEWPORT MIDDLETOWN PORTSMOUTH JAMESTOWN TIVERTON 75 cents NewportDailyNews.com Familyentertainment DaveHansen |Staffphotos N iallTarrellof NewportdanceswithSandyHoveanesof TivertononTuesdayeveningasAbbey Rhodeplaysat thefirstEaston’sBeachFamilyNightof theseason inNewport. BySeanFly Staffwrite NEW overcha toNew this su ingsh posed Acad seeki inki grad ing Rho see in gr I i Is co read 2 ch sch Thepropos wouldhav enrollmen 700stude IN PRINT, ONLINE & MOBILE Subscriber Services In your home , on newsstands and online Free access to our E-Edition on your desktop , smart phone and tablet with your subscription Logon and Register Today! NewportDailyNews.com and Click on "Subscriber Services" 401.849.3300 Download our APP Wednesday July 2, 2014 nn r PORT— The debate rter schoolshascome port County in force mmer,with two hear- eld lastweek on a pro- Ida Lewis Leadership emy, a charter school ing toattract180 students ndergartenthrougheighth e,and twohearings com- upnextweekonaproposed deIslandSTEAMAcademy king toattract525 students kindergarten through sixth ade. The proponents of the da Lewis academy are hop- ng todraw students from all six communities inNewport Countyand theproponentsof the STEAM academywould draw fromNewport,Middle- town,PortsmouthandJames- town. STEAM stands for sci- andstudentsmoreeducational choices and charter schools’ autonomyandflexibilityallow more innovation. The arguments of oppo- nentsalsoare likely tobe sim- ilar,with claims that charter schoolsdrainneededstateand local funding from thepublic schools, thusweakening them. WendyRandle,currentlythe interimheadof schoolatPaul CuffeeSchool inProvidence, wouldbe the executivedirec- torof theIdaLewisLeadership Academy.TheCuffeeSchool is amaritime charter school in Providence. Randlemadeapresentation at thefinalhearingonThurs- day that included a total of seven speakers in favorof the school,most of whom had a connectiontotheCuffeeSchool. BesidesRandle, the speak- ers included her husband, DerrickRandle;TomBeall, a Cuffeemath teacher;Derrick Ciesla,a formerCuffeeadmin- istrator;MichaelC.Obel-Omia, interim director of theCom- passSchool inKingston; and MaryCaporelliofWarwick,a consultantwhohelpeddevelop unty y for arter ools? edacademies eacombined tofmore than nts. Go to NewportDailyNews.com and click on