“I’m very pleased that our public school system can now accept gifts to enhance the school and the community,” Graci said in a phone interview following the meeting.
Referring to the support she received, she said, “This is how the Franklin community has always been. When someone is in need, they respond.”
Trevor Clement had been the most vocal board member against the policy, arguing that schools should not immortalize any one student over another. Before Tuesday's vote, however, he revealed in a prepared statement that he had changed his mind.
“It has been a large discussion by the community, and your voices have been heard by us, certainly by me,” Clement said, adding that stories of “remembrance and loss” had moved him.Continue reading the article here: http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150225/NEWS/150228110/1994/NEWS#sthash.4DG9nO4z.dpuf
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| the proposed Kristin Graci Class of 2007 Memorial |
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