"We’ll have opportunities to better prepare students"

In case you missed the Sunday Boston Globe West section, there is an article on new high schools and it references Franklin High School in part by writing:

In Franklin, where all students in the town’s new $103.5 million high school will be assigned a Chromebook — a relatively inexpensive Google-designed laptop — the school library is set to become a hive of activity for tech-savvy students. 

“The media center will be the hub of school,” said Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski. “We’ll have traditional stacks with books, but we’re going to have a student-manned technology desk, like a Genius Bar [in a Apple store], with a media center and a café, mirroring a college environment.” 

Marshfield’s public access cable station will be housed in the town’s new $101.6 million high school, saving money on rent for studio space and giving students an internship opportunity, said Borstel.

Continue reading the article on the Boston Globe website here (subscription maybe required)
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2014/08/23/average-cost-for-new-refurbished-high-schools-seven-boston-suburbs-checks-million/2VSQ3ibtEt752qxixSZGoK/story.html

While Marshfield's public access cable station is inside their new high school, Franklin's is located separately. The facility is under construction on Hutchinson St.

Franklin TV studio under construction

Franklin.TV did donate more than $100,000 to the town for use in providing equipment for the studio located in the new FHS. (This was formally accepted by the Town Council on the June 4, 2014 action items http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/06/live-reporting-legislation.html)

recording studio in the new FHS

The main entrance to the new Franklin High School as it appeared on the walk this past Saturday.

main entrance to the new FHS

The collection of  posts tracking the high school project from the early days of discussion through to the present can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/12/collection-high-school-building-project.html