NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — North Kingstown School Department Superintendent Phil Auger presented the members of the North Kingstown School Committee with four options to remedy enrollment and building capacity issues at Hamilton Elementary School during their meeting Tuesday night, including a plan that could see the school’s fifth graders moved up to Wickford Middle School.
The potential moves, which Auger first addressed in an email to Hamilton parents over the weekend, come as the elementary school — which has the highest enrollment of all elementary schools in town — is facing a room shortage. All available rooms are currently in use, and district projections based on class size for the 2021-22 school year call for two additional classrooms as well as for bringing back the school’s art room.
“We need three classrooms if we want the…
