EXCLUSIVE: Hemond to be Named to Providence School Committee
Friday, August 12, 2011
Hemond, who is in his final year at Roger Williams Law, has a Bachelor's Degree from Providence College.
Hemond will fill the spot left vacant by former School Board President Kathy Crain, who resigned last month.
Since taking office, Mayor Angel Taveras has made three new appointments to the School Committee: Hemond, Keith Oliveira and Natalia Rosa-Sosa. He also reappointed Nina Pande, Magaly Sanchez and Phil Gould to the Board earlier this year.
Gould resigned in June.
Weeks later, the Mayor made headlines when he supported a last minute General Assembly bill that stripped the School Board of its ability to negotiate a teachers contract.
On Tuesday, the teachers overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new contract that guarantees no layoffs for three years.
Hemond could not be reached for comment.
Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Nina Pande was appointed by Mayor Taveras.
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Buc Kner
6:42am on Saturday, August 13, 2011
HORRENDOUS APPOINTMENT
ARROGANT, COCKY..has no school age children, doesn't even live in the city..VOLATILE..even tried to defend "SHOVE IT"
Angel has evolved from candidate to elected mayor, to novice leader, to tough negotiator & NOW A POLITICIAN..Angel's wings will be clipped by terrible apptmts such as Nicky
Buc Kner
6:44am on Saturday, August 13, 2011
also he is a PAID LOBBYIST..any conflicts possible
Lester Freamon
10:58am on Saturday, August 13, 2011
Great pick by the mayor. Little league parents know that Nick has been coaching our kids for a long, long time and is a young and passionate education for our public schools. He went to Classical and knows how important good schools are.
Buc Kner
11:43am on Saturday, August 13, 2011
@Lester...perhaps you may want to correct sentence #2 & MAKE SOME FREAKIN SENSE...if you are any indication of this fine education that Nicky will bring to Prov..we should RUN LIKE HELL !!
Lester Freamon
11:56am on Saturday, August 13, 2011
@Buckner, you let the ball slip between your legs again, big guy. I meant "Nick is a young and passionate advocate for education in our public schools." Which he is. So do your homework before you speak of which you dont know. Do we need more young people involved in our schools - especially those who recently left our schools, coach our kids and who are in law school now? Answer is obvious.
Brent Luchmann
1:29pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011
Another absurd appointment by the mayor. Are people blind to what the Alcalde is trying to accomplish? A lobbyist on the School Board. IS Taveras a complete moron?
Lester Freamon
1:38pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011
You must be right. Having a young, passionate public school grad who coaches our kids and is in law school is a terrible idea. The perfect example of who we dont want involved in city government. what was this mayor thinking?????????
Buc Kner
6:15pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011
@les..punk, part of team "SHOVE IT", arrogance, LOBBYIST, Yankees fan, ..I do my research..check out his lobbyist filing
John T
10:05pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011
@buc seems like you have a serious hard on for hemond.... Why don't you calm down, at least the kid is trying to good. Like most of your posts, you sound like a fool.
Pam Thomas
10:59pm on Saturday, August 13, 2011
So. There are 150000 people living In the city of providence. I suspect that a person in law school is probably a little too busy to be worrying about the state of the city's schools. Is this the best you guys can do? Has the world just gone crazy?
Jason Smith
12:54am on Sunday, August 14, 2011
Mr. Hemond is a a great asset to the city of Providence. Mr. Buc Kner your argument becomes completely illegitimate when you bring up that he is a yankee's fan....what's the point? Also that he doesn't live in the city...also not true. Wouldn't receive any A plus grades from Providence teachers for that type of research, huh boss? He is a LEADER which is what the city of Providence needs now more then ever. You don't have to like him, but he'll do a great job, by bringing knowledge, and passion for not just schools but the entire city of Providence.
Edward Smith
1:16am on Monday, August 15, 2011
Heaven save us from having a young (under 30) professional who went k-12 in the Providence schools, coaches little league and wants to volunteer his time to serve his city. I bet he has a secret plan to skim money from the Sodexho and Aramark contracts into the pockets of the dark forces he really works for. Surely he isn't interested in helping kids have a brighter future!