The Franklin, MA School Committee met as scheduled on August 27, 2024 beginning at 7 PM. After working through some sound feedback issues in Council Chambers with Zoom, the meeting really got into the agenda approx. 7:20 PM.
Franklin TV video link (starting with the resumption of the meeting) -> https://www.youtube.com/live/sahovop6Kv0?si=sDlNZtXfQ-KJCgBg&t=1159
Quick recap:
- Superintendent Giguere reported on the opening professional development days Monday & Tuesday; all together at FHS Monday with a welcome, breakfast, group activities and a student produced video; teachers and staff with school based activities
- Staffing update: hired 44 positions this summer, 6 teacher vacancies, 9 ESP vacancies, and 9 other non-union vacancies remain as of 8/27/24. As noted in follow up questions, this # is a little higher than prior years, complicated by 48 resignations during the summer, most in the past 2 weeks, hiring process still underway.
- Transportation update: 31 remain on wait list after a new bus was added to the school 'fleet'. The bus provider has the busses and drivers we need, the same number of busses as last year was what they started with, then added one Monday. There is one other bus funded by the State for the students at the hotel.
- Transportation letter referenced -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2024/08/fps-letter-providing-school.html
- All students registered and paid (partially or fully) by deadline are slotted for a bus
- 31 students remain on a wait list after one bus was added
- Bus passes won't be checked until Sept 16 to allow for the "who's really riding, who's not" process to get sorted out
- Bus capacity in some cases may be high but those at the scheduled stops will get a ride at least thru the 16th
- Discussion and approval (7-0 vote via roll call) for the school handbooks; discussion focused on the changes some significant, some minor to the handbooks vs. prior year, photos of the slides for FHS, middle schools, and elementary schools are available in one album (when presentation gets updated to meeting page, link will be added)
- https://photos.app.goo.gl/hcjHqYuWPNvg4ca8A
- Now that the handbooks are approved, they will be posted to the Schools page -> https://www.franklinps.net/o/fpsd/page/school-handbooks
- FY25 Revised Final Budget Vote - I recommend approval of the FY25 School Budget in the amount of $77,470,190.00 as discussed ** Motion to approve, second, passes via roll call by 7-0 vote. Note that the "base" for next year would be $1m less than this due to the one time funds
- Policy 2nd Reading/Adoption - I recommend adoption of Policy GBEBD - Online Fundraising and Solicitation - Crowdfunding as discussed. ** Motion to approve, second, passes via roll call by 7-0 vote
Meeting agenda doc ->
My set of notes captured during the meeting ->
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| FHS slide on handbook changes |
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