to find the students involved or his own son. As the father knew "B" was included as part of the group, Doe fled out of the house in fear of uncertain harm. After an investigation that found several students feeling sick from using drugs that day, Miley recommended the suspension to be extended until April 6, 1990, though the principal had no personal knowledge of Doe's involvement in the drug trade. He stated that it was the first time the student was disciplined for violating school policy on the sale, use, and/or possession of drugs. The incident was reviewed by the Rhode Island Department of Education as John M. Doe v. Warwick School Committee. The findings concluded that a drug transaction did occur in the lavatory, and that Doe lied about not witnessing it. The student was not found as a participant in a conspiracy to sell LSD that day, and was not responsible for Student A's distribution of drugs. On November 8, 1989, the case was decided to have the school expunge Student Doe's disciplinary records relating to the suspension, and to let him return to class. Consolidation era and sports renaissance (2011–present) In late 2011, talks about consolidating Warwick's secondary schools surfaced. The committee reviewed options for the fates of the affected schools, and what strategies the department would apply to benefit unifying them. Some alternatives included closing two junior highs and sending all students to an old senior high, converting to a 7–12 model, or closing only one school. The school department already once considered 7–12 schools in the early 1980s according to a report by local television station WJAR, but faded into insignificance as times passed. The plans were put on hold until 2013, when the department's Long Term Facilities Planning Committee developed scenarios for a five-year plan on the futures of the secondary schools. Pilgrim's student population was one-third than it had in the late 1960s, as 1,021 were attending during the 2014 school year. The following year, the school committee decided to close Aldrich and Gorton junior high schools and convert Vets into one middle school by the 2017 school year, officially known as "Alternative 5". The 7–12 plan for Pilgrim and Vets returned as well, but it was voted off prior the decision. The Long Term Facilities Planning Committee hired an independent consultant, Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, to study the entire district