Franklin Matters: Listen to the Tri-County New Building Information Session

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Listen to the Tri-County New Building Information Session - 10/03/23 (audio)

FM #1070 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1070 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares the Tri-County RVTHS new building information session held at the Franklin Public Library on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

Tri-County School Committee members Peter Wiernicki and Jen D’Angelo presented, assisted by a Facilities Representative.

The current school is 'broken', per the MSBA process the building did evaluate options to renovate, renovate & create an addition, or rebuild. The rebuild option was selected as the most viable
The cost today is shown as 284M, MSBA will reimburse 29%
Oct 24, 2023 is scheduled date for approval of the Tri-County school replacement project approval by the 11 community members of the Tri-County district
The October 24 vote will be conducted across the 11 communities at the same time, from 12 PM to 8 PM. The vote will be counted in aggregate and a 50% +1 is required for passage
The 11 individual communities can make their own decision on how to fund the expense of the new building. Franklin has chosen to do a debt exclusion to raise the money separately from the operating budget. That vote is schedule for the Nov 7, 2023 election ballot

Listen to the info session, approx. 47 minutes

Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1070-tri-county-rvths-new-blgd-info-session-10-03-23

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Handout on building project (PDF) (also provided at Harvest Festival)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VHHl330ZVQbc_zKv1JIquvtWPkTh1B3f/view?usp=drive_link

Photo album of those taken during the info session ->

https://photos.app.goo.gl/eajFL6pWVmn9ZP3t9

Franklin TV did a live broadcast of the meeting June 15, 2023 from Tri-County and it is available for replay via YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/live/7SYEYsoyaAU

Learn more about the project here:

https://t.co/RZSVcuyv3t or -> https://www.tri-countybuilding.com/communityoutreach

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