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🌱 Patch AM: What Coventry’s School Committee just changed on data privacy and funding.
You won't want to miss Casting for RI Youth Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol, the Musical on the Coventry Patch calendar

Hi there, Coventry! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Coventry's School Committee just changed on data privacy and funding.
Also on today's calendar: Casting for RI Youth Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol, the Musical and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 43 degrees.
- Sunday: Some rain in the afternoon, temps: high: 63, low: 54.
- Monday: Some rain in the a.m.; cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Coventry School Committee Hears RIDE Title Grants Audit (upriseri.com) — Coventry residents should know the School Committee advanced a stricter student data privacy policy that now covers artificial intelligence and heard a largely positive state audit of its federal grants. Members also discussed using $170,000 in impact fees for new district vehicles, foster care and Medicaid funding pressures, school food pantries, vaping education, and upcoming building projects funded by the $25 million bond.
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📸 Around Coventry
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Coventry
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★ Featured events ★
- Casting for RI Youth Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol, the Musical →
Set the Barre Dance Studio, 1800 Post Road, Airport Plaza, Warwick,
3:00 pm
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Coventry High School vs Tiverton →
Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:30 pm - Coventry vs Tiverton →
40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:30 pm - Classical Girls Varsity Soccer @ Coventry →
Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:00 pm - CTE Open House
Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:00 pm - Coventry Republican Town Committee Monthly Meeting →
Flat River Tavern, 2260 Flat River Road, Coventry
7:00 pm - Qigong Workshop →
Light of Hope, 245 Phenix Ave, Cranston
10:00 am - Coventry vs Classical →
40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:30 pm - Coventry High School vs Classical →
Coventry High School, 40 Reservoir Rd, Coventry
6:30 pm - Putting the Garden to Bed, with Master Gardner Richard Suls →
Coventry Public Library, Council Chambers Room, 1672 Flat River Rd, Coventry, RI, 02816
6:00 pm - The Greene School Open House →
The Greene School, 94 John Potter Rd, West Greenwich
10:00 am - East Greenwich High School CTE Open House →
East Greenwich High School, 300 Avenger Dr, East Greenwich
6:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Thursday October 15
Saturday October 17
Tuesday October 20
Thursday October 22
Saturday October 24
Thursday October 29
📣 Coventry Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- pOpshelf posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in COVENTRY RI S23299 in Coventry. Apply here.
- Brookdale Hockessin posted a job opening for Server in Coventry. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coventry here.
🗞 Nearby News
West Greenwich
- Sr. Associate Maintenance Planner (amgen.com)
- Procurement Support Specialist- Ariba - Judge Group, Inc. - Central Falls, RI, US (dice.com)
- RI Veterans Voice: 08.08.26 – Desert Shield/Storm Memorial, VA News, Local Events – John A. Cianci (rinewstoday.com)
West Warwick
- Outdoors in RI: Festivals, Fests, Fun Fill this Long Weekend (rinewstoday.com)
- West Warwick Residents Report Needles Along Bike Path (upriseri.com)
Ok Coventry! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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