She becomes a flower in a garden that is suspiciously brothel-like, a secretary and finally a schoolteacher telling a story to her kindergarten pupils.

A two-story structure was also put up to house classrooms for kindergarten pupils.

The school opened in June 17, 1969 with 32 kindergarten pupils and 88 students in the first year high school using the old rectory.

Of the kindergarten pupils, 32.4% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 40.2% have a different mother language than the classroom language.

Dr. Malone put them in an after-school program with 18 inner-city kindergarten pupils.

Rhode Island officials say 20 percent of the state's kindergarten pupils have elevated blood-lead levels.

The two women devised an index to predict whether a kindergarten pupil was likely to succeed in school or to need remedial work.

"I don't like the idea of spreading tokens around," said John Bridges, a white parent of a kindergarten pupil.

For each skill they are graded on, kindergarten pupils and first graders fall into one of three categories: consistent performance, developing skill or having difficulty.

In the same year, the school community raised over $8000 towards a life saving operation for a kindergarten pupil who attends the school.