Sheri Kennedy
North Kingstown School Committee Member
School Committee · Current officeholder
Sheri Kennedy joined the School Committee in December 2024. Her committee work centers on budget and finance, health and wellness, and school redistricting, start times, and transportation.
- Current office
- North Kingstown School Committee Member
- Representation
- North Kingstown
- Current status
- In office
- Last profile review
- September 26, 2026
- Official government page
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Overview
- Current office
- North Kingstown School Committee Member
- Body
- School Committee
- First took office
- December 2024
- Representation
- North Kingstown
Committee assignments
Budget and Finance Advisory Committee · Co-chair
Health and Wellness Advisory Committee · Co-chair
School Redistricting, Start Times and Transportation Advisory Committee · Co-chair
Documented record
Votes, motions, agenda requests, and other actions found in official records.
Newest first. Seconding a motion is not a yes vote. Actions by the full Council or Committee are labeled separately.
Meeting-process concern: private library meeting
Agenda item requested
Secondary reporting from August 2026 says Kennedy placed the private library-meeting issue on the Committee agenda. The reporting says she acknowledged that the meeting did not violate the Open Meetings Act but questioned whether substantive Committee matters should instead occur before the full Committee or a properly noticed subcommittee. She also sought to have material concerning the Attorney General's Open Meetings Act decision included in the public record.
This is labeled as a meeting-process concern, not a settled finding.
Month taken from secondary reporting (August 2026).
Secondary reporting
Uprise RI · August 2026
North Kingstown School Committee members trade accusations of lying over chair’s three-hour library meeting
Add $16 million to the Capital Improvement Plan
Vote: Yes
Kennedy voted yes on Case's motion adding $16 million to the Capital Improvement Plan. The motion passed 3-2.
Result: Passed 3-2
Roll call
- Yes
- Dr. Erin W. Earle, Robert Case, Sheri Kennedy
- No
- Jennifer Lima, Megan Reilly
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Title IX / anti-harassment policy revisions
Vote: Yes
Kennedy supported the unanimous Title IX / anti-harassment policy change.
Result: Passed unanimously
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Wickford Middle School planned capacity increase
Motion seconded
Kennedy seconded Case's motion to increase planned capacity to 525 students for potential reimbursement. She voted yes. The motion passed unanimously.
Result: Passed unanimously
Official record
North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
Shared School Committee context
These items apply to the School Committee as a public body. They are not individual findings against this officeholder.
Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act decision
Legal/process findingInstitutional finding
The Rhode Island Attorney General found that the North Kingstown School Committee violated the Open Meetings Act in some respects because several June 2026 agenda items were not sufficiently descriptive. The decision rejected other allegations where no discussion or action occurred.
The finding applied to the School Committee as a public body. It is not an individual violation finding against any single member.
Institutional finding: attach to School Committee profiles as shared context.
Official record
Rhode Island Attorney General · Jul 21, 2026
Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act Decision OM 26-28
North Kingstown issues connected to this record
Schools & School Committee
She voted yes on the $16 million CIP addition, seconded the Wickford Middle School planned-capacity motion, and voted yes on Title IX policy revisions.
Read the Save NK issue brief →Taxes, Bonds & Town Spending
She co-chairs Budget and Finance and voted on the CIP addition.
Read the Save NK issue brief →Town Transparency
Secondary reporting says she put a private library meeting on the agenda and asked to add the Attorney General Open Meetings Act decision to the public record.
Read the Save NK issue brief →
Sources
Every source used on this page is listed below. Town and school records are grouped separately from campaign statements and news reporting.
School Department records
NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions
North Kingstown School Department · 2025-02-11 · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)NKSD Budget and Finance Advisory Committee
North Kingstown School Department · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)NKSD Health and Wellness Advisory Committee
North Kingstown School Department · Primary source
View original document ↗ (opens in a new tab)NKSD School Redistricting, Start Times and Transportation Advisory Committee
North Kingstown School Department · Primary source
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Rhode Island agencies
Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act Decision OM 26-28
Rhode Island Attorney General · 2026-07-22 · Primary source
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News reporting
North Kingstown School Committee members trade accusations of lying over chair’s three-hour library meeting
Uprise RI · 2026-08 · Campaign or secondary source
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About this profile
Save North Kingstown builds these pages from public records, meeting materials, campaign statements, and other named sources. Campaign and self-published claims are labeled separately from government actions confirmed in primary records.
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026