Another in a series of podcasts on what matters in Franklin (MA). This one features three segments from the School Committee meeting of 6/24/08 reviewing the depatures from the district due to the budget cuts, the reallocation of some funds to add back 3 teachers, and the closure of the Brick classroom.
Time: 16 minutes, 39 seconds
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My notes preparing to record this session:
Features three segments from The School Committee meeting of 6/24/08
In this first segment Asst Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski
Reviews the totals for the teacher layoffs done in May
Lists the categories of layoffs and other departures from the district
There will be some hiring to replace some people whose positions were not cut
Ed Cafasso reiterates a few key points on the numbers
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In this second segment, Jeff Roy starts the discussion on the 180,000 unallocated funds in the budget
You may recall that this amount was in the hardcopy of the budget but didn’t calculate properly leaving the total unallocated
Sue Rohrbach reports from the budget subcommittee their recommendation
Maureen Sabolinski outlines the proposal to add three teachers in the elementary schools
Consensus was reached by the elementary principals on this decision
Reduces the districts net loss to 42 teachers
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In the final segment, Jeff Roy confirms that as the school and fiscal year come to a close that the district will complete the year at budget, with no surprises
Paula Mullen opens the discussion on the Brick classroom status
Maureen Sabolinski provides Details on the Davis Thayer situation with 2 kindergarten classes in one building
Cafasso closes expressing the committee hard choice in tough budget times
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The state has re-opened applications for school building projects, so the FHS renovation or building discussion will move to the forefront in the next couple of months to meet the state application date in Sept.
The July 9th Town Council meeting school audit/budget update to be presented
Next school committee meeting on July 15th
Stay tuned, stay involved
The holiday week ahead should be quiet, very few meetings, fireworks at the high school, and carnival rides and music on the common, but no parade, enjoy the 4th
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
live reporting - Action items
Action Items:
1. I recommend acceptance of $13.50 from Kaitlyn Simmons & Corinne Lewis, raised from their lemonade stand for the Oak Street Elementary School Gift Account.
approved 7-0
2. I recommend acceptance of a check for $285.00 from Lifetouch Pictures for the Future Enrichment Programs at ECDC.
approved 7-0
3. I recommend approval of the request of FHS teachers Jackie Eckhardt and Debbie Murphy for the annual trip to Spain for the summer of 2009.
approved 7-0
4. I recommend adoption of the revised 2009-2010 School Calendar
approved 6-1
5. I recommend adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Jeff Roy - school department lawyers were not required to work out the issues on the MOU, this covers most of the items raised in the previous meeting, not perfect but a good ways along, can still be modified as it goes
Cafasso questioned to make sure the heating utilities were being covered by the town given the discussion about the Brick school
hopes that the principals are vigilant and report back to us if things do not go smoothly
Jeff Roy - did get the clause to state that the principals will retain level of control over personnel in their buildings
Rohrbach - hope this goes smoothly, hopes that this does generate some cost savings
approved: 7-0
6. I recommend adoption of the Consolidation Plan.
approved: 7-0
7. I recommend the increase to $325.00 per year for the Pay-to-Ride Program.
approved: 7-0
Allocation of $180,000 - 3 teachers come back
Rohrbach
With the additional funds from the athletic funds that were in the budget and not currently encumbered, the budget subcommittee decided to use it to return three teachers from the 45 layoffs, likely at the elementary level
Sabolinski
biggest impact of cuts were at the elementary level
school principals got together to come up with a recommendation
Proposed to add back at
would now reduce the overall teacher layoffs from 45 to 42
Cora Armenio -
The reduction at the high school of 17 teachers, already on warning for that situation
Would 3 make a difference for this status?
Sabolinski -
Maybe, but with the positions already cut and courses already reduced
there is still the facility issue
the importance of the elementary levels is where it all starts
literacy is important
high schoolers will get into larger class sizes in college
Jeff Roy -
Miriam Goodman has currently allocated a budget of 49,760,242
She adds the 180,000 and comes back with the new budget of 49,940,242
with a full line by line accounting so we can vote that budget in July
Ed Cafasso -
can you enunciate a little better about how these three are being re-allocated so we can create a better understanding of what these decisions are and why we are making them
tried to get a close to the school committee guidelines as possible, we would need more teachers to make a better decision
Maureen Sabolinski -
So to clarify the principals can move forward and start to fill those positions
Jeff Roy
Yes
the final FY09 budget will be ready for vote in July
With the additional funds from the athletic funds that were in the budget and not currently encumbered, the budget subcommittee decided to use it to return three teachers from the 45 layoffs, likely at the elementary level
Sabolinski
biggest impact of cuts were at the elementary level
school principals got together to come up with a recommendation
Proposed to add back at
Keller - one grade 4class sizes were slated to be 28-30
Oak - one grade 3
Kennedy - one grade 2
would now reduce the overall teacher layoffs from 45 to 42
Cora Armenio -
The reduction at the high school of 17 teachers, already on warning for that situation
Would 3 make a difference for this status?
Sabolinski -
Maybe, but with the positions already cut and courses already reduced
there is still the facility issue
the importance of the elementary levels is where it all starts
literacy is important
high schoolers will get into larger class sizes in college
Jeff Roy -
Miriam Goodman has currently allocated a budget of 49,760,242
She adds the 180,000 and comes back with the new budget of 49,940,242
with a full line by line accounting so we can vote that budget in July
Ed Cafasso -
can you enunciate a little better about how these three are being re-allocated so we can create a better understanding of what these decisions are and why we are making them
tried to get a close to the school committee guidelines as possible, we would need more teachers to make a better decision
Maureen Sabolinski -
So to clarify the principals can move forward and start to fill those positions
Jeff Roy
Yes
the final FY09 budget will be ready for vote in July
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Brick Classroom FY09 budget status (audio)
A segment from the Franklin School Committee meeting on 2/26/08, Supt Wayne Ogden answers a question from Sue Rohrbach on the Brick FY09 budget status.
Time: 2 minutes, 9 seconds
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The full segment from which this piece was taken can be found here.
The full meeting summary can be found here.
Time: 2 minutes, 9 seconds
MP3 File
The full segment from which this piece was taken can be found here.
The full meeting summary can be found here.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Sub Committee Reports (audio)
The Franklin School Committee hears from the various sub committees.
Time: 4 minutes, 18 seconds
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Time: 4 minutes, 18 seconds
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Budget to Actual (audio)
The Franklin School Committee spends a brief bit on the FY08 budget to actual report and report process.
Time: 2 minutes, 1 second
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Time: 2 minutes, 1 second
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
KCD Policy - Gifts (audio)
The School Committee gets to the final discussion and vote on the policy. Matt Kelly attempts to amend the form and when that fails he remains as the lone negative vote when the policy passes 6-1.
Deb Pellegri speaks on behalf of the Brick School Association.
Time: 23 minutes, 23 seconds
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Deb Pellegri speaks on behalf of the Brick School Association.
Time: 23 minutes, 23 seconds
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FY09 Budget Q&A Part 2 (audio)
The second part of the Q&A on the FY09 Budget discussion. Broken into two parts only for the sake of splitting into smaller sections. Discussion involved Rohrbach, Kelly, Roy, Ogden, and Sabolinski.
Time: 17 minutes, 27 seconds
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Time: 17 minutes, 27 seconds
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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