The Franklin School Department is not accepting any new School Choice applications this year, or at least until administrators get "absolute clarity" on class sizes.
The School Committee made the decision to stop accepting applications at the recommendation of Superintendent Wayne Ogden on July 15.
The program allows students from Massachusetts towns outside of Franklin to attend public schools within the district.
As required by law, Franklin, like all districts, accepts School Choice students at random by lottery, though a district can choose to accept all applicants.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
The headline is deceiving. New applications are not being accepted. 39 students were accepted into the program for the 2007-2008 school year (that just ended) to being the total to 76 (as of October 1 2007). As I recall 10-12 left the program this year, 5 through graduation and the others for various reasons. There are still 60+ students to be served by this program which will still bring in revenue to the School Department. Due to failed override and the reduction of 42 teachers, the analysis on if and where some students could be added to the program remains to be completed. Pending that analysis, new applications may be considered.
This topic was posted here the night of the School Committee meeting.
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