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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Final Week of the Capital Campaign !!!

"Every Gift is Matched. Make Yours Matter!!

Thank you to Senator Rausch, the Town Council and the community, the FMS auditorium is getting a major, well-deserved makeover.

But there's still more to do. The funds from this campaign will help provide:

• Choral Risers for performances

• Sound system repair at FHS auditorium

• Sound system repair in the FHS cafeteria

• New instruments

• Microphones needed for theater and music performance"

Please consider donating to the campaign here:

https://givebutter.com/FPSCaptialCampaign2026

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Reis & Stephen recap the June 9 School Committee meeting (audio)

FM #1767 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1767 in the series.

This session shares my conversation with School Committee members Reis Hansen and Stephen Karunakaran. We had our discussion in the Franklin TV & Radio Studio on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Our conversation covered the following topics from the School Committee meeting of June 9, 2026:

Strawberry Stroll, Kickball Tournament, field day, and other events coming up
Superintendent review and evaluation process
Facility updates to get to the redistricting, and next steps this summer
Working group report on artificial intelligence

Our conversation runs about 47 minutes. Let’s listen

Audio link - https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1767-chalkboard-chat-06-16-26/

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School Committee page (with contact info) - https://www.franklinps.net/o/fpsd/page/school-committee

School Committee subcommittee assignments -

https://www.franklinps.net/o/fpsd/page/subcommittees-and-liaisons

Franklin TV video is available for replay - https://www.youtube.com/live/hgHgIZ5L_iY?&t=235

The agenda document https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06092026-2356

The presentations documents should be posted in a couple of days to this folder https://www.franklinps.net/documents/departments/school-committee/meeting-packets/2025---26-meeting-packets/june-9%2C-2026-sc-meeting-packet/28109200

Photos of the Facility presentation

https://photos.app.goo.gl/t3rkbwCxnDm6A9Wy6

Photos of the AI discussion presentation

https://photos.app.goo.gl/TqNxhuTk8og7WqRp8

My notes from the meeting in one PDF https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XRFLsUqujf3Z3QPzGOKU6cEOS-mWuoS/view?usp=drive_link

Capital campaign fund raising link - https://givebutter.com/FPSCaptialCampaign2026

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