Tuesday, May 27, 2025

This Chalkboard Chat condenses the May 13 School Cmte Mtg (audio)

FM #1454 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1454 in the series. 


This session shares my conversation with School Committee Chairperson Dave Callaghan. This is a new episode of our continuing “Chalkboard Chat” series. We had our discussion virtually on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. We had the opportunity to recap the School Committee meeting of May 13, 2025. 

 

We cover 

  • Theatre group recognition

  • Traffic study and mitigations 

  • Horace Mann campus naming discussion

  • Superintendent evaluation

  • Override discussion, vote on or before June 3; any questions, please reach out to find out


The recording runs about 30 minutes, so let’s listen in. Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1454-chalkboard-chat-05-21-25/



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Contact info for Dave Callaghan -> callaghand@franklinps.net   


Franklin TV video for replay ->  https://www.youtube.com/live/TPngAPt1WHs?&t=110  


The meeting agenda can be found ->   https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05132025-1735 


Documents released for this agenda after the meeting can be found -> 

https://www.franklinps.net/documents/departments/school-committee/meeting-packets/2024---25-meeting-packets/may-13%2C-2025-sc-meeting-packet/799886  


Traffic presentation -> https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4780/FPSD/5645253/Traffic.pptx.pdf 


My full set of notes taken during the meeting can be found in one PDF ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ffAYwvHayzSws0D2bV8xmM0Fsn6c71za/view?usp=drive_link 



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This Chalkboard Chat condenses the May 13 School Cmte Mtg (audio)
This Chalkboard Chat condenses the May 13 School Cmte Mtg (audio)


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