"We are providing a budget that is inadequate to the needs of a first-rate school system"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin

"The School Committee will likely discuss - and possibly adopt - a $58.3 million fiscal year 2017 budget proposal at its meeting next week. 

The proposal, if approved, would represent a 2.28 percent increase over the $57 million fiscal year 2016 budget. District Business Administrator Miriam Goodman said the committee has taken the proposal under advisement. 

"The School Committee has all of the information we've provided," she said, adding that the budget could possibly be adopted at that meeting."

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http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160405/franklin-school-committee-considering-budget

decrease of 7 teachers and 3 FTE educational assistants for FY 2017 budget (2016-2017 school year)

• The budget presentation from the March 22 School Committee meeting can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/03/fy-2017-school-budget-proposal.html

• The video replay of the School Committee meeting is available here

http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerController.aspx?&PGD=franknma&eID=338

• Franklin Matters's summary of the meeting can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/03/this-budget-should-be-alarm-to-community.html