Thursday, July 22, 2010

Franklin, MA: no shortened day for Elementary schools

According to the School Committee meeting Tuesday evening, there will not be a shortened school day for the elementary schools. The seven elementary teachers already cut from the budget as announced during the override will be joined by three more due to the lack of response from the teachers union on this proposal. The teachers involved had already been notified per contractual requirements in June.

If the teachers union had responded positively to this proposal, the teacher positions could have been restored.

Notification to parents of teacher assignments will not be until August. There are still enrollment adjustments happening and the final teacher assignments are pending these changes. The enrollment adjustments are families moving from one school to another. The churn is still be worked on the principals.

As clarified in this video segment, the total teachers cut due to the failed override is now 18; 8 from the middle schools and 10 from the elementary schools. Larger class sizes will result.

You can view this segment of the School Committee meeting on the Franklin website here
http://view.liveindexer.com/ViewIndexSessionSL.aspx?indexPointSKU=R2rkwli%2b1jaAqlaDCKc%2bvw%3d%3d

Here is the letter to the FEA (the teachers union) from the School Committee regarding the proposed shortened day for the elementary schools.

2010 FSC Shortened Day to FEA


Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document.

Franklin, MA

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