City Council-

It will be a busy night for the Woonsocket City Council starting with a meeting of the Audit Sub-Committee at 5 p.m. Sub-Committee members are scheduled to  review and discuss data submitted by the school department to the state director of the department of revenue. At 6:30, the council will hold a work session to discuss interjurisdictional agreements with the Towns of North Smithfield, RI, Blackstone, MA, and Bellingham, MA. The Council may vote to go into executive session. The regular City Council meeting begins at 7 p.m. The agenda includes a resolution in support of House Bill 7040 to facilitate creation of a waste to energy facility and a resolution to authorize creation of a Community Development Advisory Board.

2012 Charter Public School Fair-

The 2012 Charter Public School Fair will take place tonight at 5:30 p.m. at 50 Fillmore St. in Providence. The event is open to all members of the public and is expected to provide a unique opportunity for attendees to learn more about 15 charter public schools, all members of the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools. Attendees will have the chance to engage with faculty and students, receive information about each school, and apply for admission.

Participating charter public schools include: Academy for Career Exploration; The Beacon Charter High School for the Arts; Blackstone Academy Charter School; The Compass School; The Greene School; Highlander Charter School; International Charter School; Kingston Hill Academy; The Learning Community; NEL/CPS Construction Career Academy; Paul Cuffee School; R.I. Nurses Institute Middle College; The Segue Institute for Learning; Times2 Academy; and Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts.

For more information about the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools, visit www.richarterschools.com.

A queen is crowned-

Northern Rhode Island Council for the Arts held the Mardi Gras Queen Coronation at The Cakery yesterday and Jackie Boudreau of North Smithfield will reign over this year's ball. The princesses this year are Emily Forte of Cumberland and Ainsley Morisseau Cantoral of Woonsocket.

Finance Sub-Commitee-

The Woonsocket School Committee Audit Sub-Committee will also meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the McFee Administration building. Their agenda includes discussion of additional members, a review of the FY 2011/2012 projections submitted to the state, review of the school lunch fund and the bus contract, and a financial analysis of full day K reinstatement.

Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month-

Governor Lincoln Chafee presented a proclamation marking February as Rhode Island Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month this week. February was made National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month by the U.S. Senate in 2010 after years of “awareness months” for domestic violence, sexual violence and stalking. Attention to teen dating violence has grown in recent years, especially after the murders of two young Rhode Island women, Katie Brown of Barrington and Lindsay Ann Burke of North Kingstown.

The Gubernatorial Proclamation for Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month can be found online on the Office of the Governor’s website: http://www.governor.ri.gov/proclamations/