FHS baseball tops St John's Shrewsbury 6-0 on Monday

"Move aside hamburgers and hot dogs. Take a seat macaroni and potato salad.  

On Monday, the top item on the Memorial Day menu for the Franklin High baseball team was soup. 

Courtesy of Austin Campbell. 

The Franklin High junior left-hander, whose teammates call him “Soup” due to his last name, dished out a stellar performance on the mound as Campbell nearly collected a no-hitter in a dominating 6-0 win over Saint John’s (Shrewsbury) at Franklin High. "

Continue reading the article online (subscription maybe required) 

https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/05/29/austin-campbell-near-no-hitter-franklin-baseball-win-saint-johns/70266982007/

Franklin 6, St. John’s Shrewsbury 0. WP-Austin Campbell complete game shutout (7inn, H, 2BB & 13Ks)! Offensively, Gerety (2B, R) Lyons (1-3, R,RBI,BB) DiGiorgio (2-3,R,2RBI) Jarosz (HR,R,2RBI) Sidwell (2-3) DePaolo (R,RBI). Franklin finishes reg. 19-3. Next up: MIAA State tourney. https://twitter.com/FHSCoachZBrown/status/1663270359246749706

“Soup had a great game. I think it was one of his better ones. He was dealing to everyone; he was dominating today.”

FHS World Language Student Accomplishments

Catching up to share via Laura Evans the accomplishments of FHS world language students:

#1

Congratulations to all of our 2023 @FranklinHS world language scholars who earned the MA Sate Seal of Biliteracy! We are so proud of you! @BiliteracySeal

our 2023 @FranklinHS world language scholars who earned the MA Sate Seal of Biliteracy

Shared from -> https://t.co/IefAz86jwx

#2

Congratulations to our

@FranklinHS

Latin National Honor Society graduates!

@weareMAJCL

@NationalJCL

Congratulations to our  @FranklinHS  Latin National Honor Society graduates!

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/LevansFHS/status/1658910104790474752

#3

Congratulations to all

@FranklinHS

National Latin Exam award winners!

Congratulations to all

@FranklinHS

National Latin Exam award winners!

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/LevansFHS/status/1658910485327093769

#4

Congratulations to our

@FranklinHS

Massachusetts Foreign Language Association excellence awards and leadership award winners!

Congratulations to our

@FranklinHS

Massachusetts Foreign Language Association excellence awards and leadership award winners!

Shared from -> https://twitter.com/LevansFHS/status/1658911277379383296

FHS boys lacrosse top Wakefield on Friday, finish regular season at 17 wins & 1 loss

Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 18 @ Wakefield, 6 – Final

That’s a wrap… Panthers finish up the regular season with a big win and a record of 17-1. Ain’t done yet boys… #onegoal 

https://twitter.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1662251576541544448

Consigli: 5G, 2A

Sacchetti: 2G, 5A

Davis: 1G, 5A

https://twitter.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1662220811183456256

Panthers finish up the regular season with a big win and a record of 17-1.

FHS girls lacrosse top Moses Brown on Sunday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Sunday, May 14, 2023. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.

Girls Lacrosse = Franklin 14, vs. Moses Brown (RI) 8, 

15-9 loss to NDA on Friday but a bounce back 14-8 win today against Moses Brown! Happy Mother’s Day to all the Franklin moms 💕 thank you for all you do!   https://twitter.com/Fhsglax/status/1657870602412146694

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/sundays-schedule-scoreboard-05-14-23/

FHS Panthers

Both the FHS Community Service & Empty Bowls Clubs help the Franklin Food Pantry this week

Via the FHS Empty Bowls Club

A set of avocado inspired vases will be for sale at the Empty Bowls Silent Auction, Thurs. May 18th, 6-8pm in the FHS cafeteria. 

Purchase tickets here: bit.ly/EmptyBowls2023

A set of avocado inspired vases will be for sale at the Empty Bowls Silent Auction

Via the FHS Community Service Club

hi everyone! just a reminder that our food drive ends this FRIDAY so please donate if you have not already!! 

Anything is appreciated :) https://t.co/OUxPLQuIn5

FHS Community Service Club food drive ends Fri, May 19

FHS boys lacrosse tops St John's Shrewsbury 18 to 7 on Thursday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Thursday, May 11, 2023. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.

Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 18 vs. St. John’s Shrewsbury, 7 – Final

– Franklin senior Jayden Consigli scored in every quarter to help the Panthers pull away from visiting St. John’s Shrewsbury. Consigli scored a team-high six goals and had two assists, helping Franklin turn a one-goal lead at the end of the first quarter (5-4) into a four-goal lead (9-5) at half and a seven-goal advantage (13-6) going into the fourth. Luke Davis added five goals and one helper, Tyler Sacchetti (three assists) and Drew Hansen each scored twice in the win, and Eddie O’Brien notched three assists.

Davis: 5G, 1A Consigli: 6G, 2A Sacchetti: 2G, 3A Hansen: 2G O'Brien: 3A Alexander: 18-28 on faceoffs https://twitter.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1656824826680541192

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-05-11-23/ 

https://twitter.com/FHSSports/status/1656801937654796289

FHS baseball tops Milford 4-1 on Saturday

Baseball = Franklin 4, Mansfield 1. 

WP-Cashin (2.1 inn, 3H, 0R, 0BB & 2Ks). S-Campbell (1inn, 2Ks). Offensively, Lyons (2-4, RBI) DiGiorgio (2-4) Yuknis (2R, BB) T. Bellan (1-2, BB) Cinelli (1-2, R) DePaolo (1-3, RBI) Sidwell (R, 2RBI). 

Next up: Mon. 5/8 Home vs Stoughton(Sr. Night) at 7pm!

https://twitter.com/FHSCoachZBrown/status/1654976398283403271

FHS Panthers

Walk, Bike, Roll to School Day - Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Cobi Frongillo writes: 

"Wednesday (5/3) is Walk, Bike, Roll to School Day at all of

@FranklinPSNews

' elementary and middle schools! Here are FIVE good reasons to participate tomorrow (and every day!). Thank you

@lily_9e

for putting this together!"

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/CobiFrongillo/status/1653515223842578438 

Walk, Bike, Roll to School Day - Wednesday, May 3, 2023

FHS students on their Senior Project learning about Fire safety (first week - photo essay)

"Another school year, and another great group of Franklin High school students doing their senior project!"   https://twitter.com/FranklinSafe/status/1650801788897972224

another great group of Franklin High school students doing their senior project

"FHS Senior Project students polished their ambulance skills with FF Matt LaFleur learning the difference between BLS and ALS!"

https://twitter.com/FranklinSafe/status/1651533060741951489

FHS Senior Project students polished their ambulance skills

"This week, our FHS Senior Project students learned the importance of community outreach. They had fun showing their engine and fire gear to the ECDC preschoolers, and the Oak Street 1st graders."

https://twitter.com/FranklinSafe/status/1652646703906914304

FHS Senior Project students learned the importance of community outreach

Additional photos can be found on each of the Twitter links shared by Franklin Fire SAFE Program ->  https://twitter.com/FranklinSafe

MindShift: The image tells the four point story well

MindShift (@MindShiftKQED) tweeted on Sat, Apr 29, 2023:

"Creating something new and useful requires us to work in the realm of the unknown" - Greg Satell

Sketchnote by @tnvora https://t.co/0zfdHJoM1u

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED/status/1652287867094454272

The image tells the four point story well

MindShift: The image tells the four point story well

FHS boys lacrosse top Longmeadow on Friday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Friday, April 28, 2023. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.

Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 16 vs. Longmeadow, 10 – Final

Davis: 4G, 2A

Consigli: 4G, 2A

Sacchetti: 2G, 2A

O'Brien, Walshe: 2G each

Corvi: 13 saves

Alexander: 19-29 on faceoffs 

https://twitter.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1652097078145720320

Great team W for the boys... Officially halfway through the season and we're sitting at 8-1. #onegoal

https://twitter.com/FranklinHSLax/status/1652129153431351296

Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 16 vs. Longmeadow, 10 – Final

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/fridays-schedule-scoreboard-04-28-23/

Conservation Agent Breeka Li Goodlander helps the Charles River Watershed Association assess culverts

"#DidYouKnow culverts can be climate solutions?

"Yesterday was a blast! We assessed 16 culverts and a minimum of 38 structures in 6 hours in #Natick + #Sherborn," says Breeka Li Goodlander, Conservation Agent of @TOFranklinMA."

Learn more >> https://t.co/J3gN4873m9

Shared from Twitter -> https://t.co/AIdbQh8PqP

Conservation Agent Breeka Li Goodlander helps the Charles River Watershed Association assess culverts 

Legislative Forum hears of limited help from state funding for school budget issue (audio)

FM #970 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 970 in the series. 

This session of the radio show shares the 5th Annual Franklin, MA School Committee Legislative Forum held on Monday, April 10, 2023.

The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format: School Committee members, key guests, and the public were in person in the Lecture Hall at Franklin High School. Others participated virtually via the Zoom webinar set up.

Senator Becca Rausch, and State Representative Jeffrey Roy participated in this 5th annual Forum

Links to the meeting agenda and my notes are included in the show notes. The recording runs about an hour and forty-five minutes, so let’s listen to the Legislative Forum held April 10, 2023.

Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-970-fps-legislative-forum-04-10-23

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Agenda doc  https://franklinps.net/district/events/93796

My notes  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oUmnGWn3v7UrVk-2xU1aXisoca6aB07x/view?usp=share_link 

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Legislative Forum hears of limited help from state funding for school budget issue (audio)

FHS girls lacrosse Varsity and JV teams open season with wins on Thursday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the spring sports competition for Franklin High School on Thursday, March 30, 2023. We also provide the link to the full set of Hockomock League results below.

Girls Lacrosse = Franklin, 20 vs. Leominster, 8 – Final

Season opening W over a tough Leominster team! 20-8 Final 

Kaitlyn Carney 5G, 3A, 7DC

Katie Peterson 5G, 1A

Lindsay Atkinson 4G, 1A

Jamie Tanner 3G, 4DC 

Liza Kudish with her first varsity goal! 

Ella Mahoney strong in net with 6 saves   https://twitter.com/Fhsglax/status/1641577420628332544

FHS girls JV

12-1 win over Leominster. Good way to kick off the season. Maise great job in goal!  @julianaowen34  big time effort on both sides of the all. Maeve R dominated the draw. @morgan_lovell7 set the tone with her hustle and Raena C lit up the net. Come ready to work hard tmw!   https://twitter.com/fhsgjvlax/status/1641588015830302721

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/thursdays-schedule-scoreboard-03-30-23/

FHS Panthers

Franklin Police shared recap for week ending March 25, 2023

WEEKLY RECAP

The attached google drive link has the Weekly Recap from March 19 - March 25. This recap provides some greater detail about the calls we respond to: https://t.co/Zm3UMNJUsE

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/franklinpolice/status/1640465205670068224

   

Franklin Police shared recap for week ending March 25, 2023

Franklin is in the Strongest Town round of 16 bracket, your vote can help advance to the Finals

"Franklin is in the SWEET 16 for Strongest Town! Super proud of the progress we've made toward smart, sustainable development. VOTE NOW: http://strongtowns.org/strongesttown"

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/CobiFrongillo/status/1638261064210042896

Franklin is in the Strongest Town round of 16 bracket, your vote can help advance to the Finals

Franklin Public Schools, MA: early release day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Dear Franklin Public School Staff and Families,

As you may know, the current weather predictions for tomorrow call for rain mixed with snow in the morning, turning to heavier snow and wind gusts tomorrow afternoon. Based on the timing of this event, it is expected that the snow will most impact the afternoon/evening. 

After careful consideration, Franklin Public Schools will have an early release tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. All K-12 schools should follow their regular half-day schedule. 

Early Release Times 

• K-5 Schools  - 11:45 AM
• Middle Schools - 10:45
• High School - 10:55

ECDC is canceled for students. ECDC staff should report at the regularly scheduled time in the morning.

Solutions Program will remain open until 2:00 pm.

All scheduled after-school activities and evening events are canceled tomorrow.   

Respectfully,

Lucas Giguere

Superintendent

Franklin Public Schools, MA: early release day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023

This year's Franklin High School DECA accomplishments are many!

From the Franklin DECA Twitter account (https://twitter.com/FranklinMA_DECA)   we share the good news as follows:

• A big congrats to our outgoing state officer, Aradhya Garg! Your leadership and guidance for our program has been invaluable. Your advisor can safely say that you have helped me out more times than I can count. We are so proud of you!!
• Congrats to our state officer candidate, Zeina Alshawabkeh, for a wonderfully run campaign and all her hard work and effort. We are so proud of you, as we are every day. You make our DECA chapter a better place and you have a very bright future ahead of you.
• We got our first finalists! Top 10 finishers Ryan Martin, Matt Cacciapaglia, and Sam Munitka. As Stuart Scott used to say, “Winner winner, chicken Parmesan dinner!!”
• Boston ➡️ Sunshine State. Congrats to our winners in IMC-product, Jack Hagerty, Kieran Mitchell and Anurag Kavishwar
• Gimme, gimme, gimme ANOTHER finalist!! Congrats to Aradhya Garg (not pictured) and Max Tobin on placing in Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making!
• El Presidente is heading to Orlando!! Congrats to our chapter president, Nihara Lijan, for winning her event Innovation Plan.
• Antonio Marzoratti and Arav Tyagi get top 10 on Business Growth Plan. We’re gonna need another trophy case!!
• Kavya Dave, Zeina Alshawabkeh, Haasini Sabbella are top 10 finishers in Finance Operations Research. Proud of these ladies!!
• More top 10s! Kelsey Maguire, Jenna Simone (not pictured) and Ava Davies take home medals for sports and entertainment marketing operations research. Kasey Brady and Sabrina Tierney also place top 10 in their event as well (not pictured)
• Sid Chandra, Jay Gorgas, Aayush Srinivas are Florida bound! These gentlemen won their event and qualify for ICDC in April #Booya
• Andrew Colford, Nikki Murali, Taylor Lacerda are top ten finalists in SEOR! Going back to back like Drake, these students are state finalists two years in a row
• Congrats to Brendan Collins for placing top 10 in his event!
• That concludes our SCDC Conference. Your advisors can’t say enough how proud we are of our competitors and how hard they worked to get here this weekend. Whether you advanced to ICDC or not, be proud of yourselves for coming this weekend and competing!

Welcome to awards season

Out of district tuition rate increase of 14% one factor for increase in school budget for FY 2024

This Twitter thread shares insights on one aspect of the Franklin school budget that other communities are affected by also:

"The Operational Services Division (OSD) falls under the Executive Office for Administration & Finance and has a variety of responsibilities, including setting tuition prices for approved special education programs in approximately 100 private schools.

Out of district tuition rate increase of 14% one factor for increase in school budget for FY2024

 

These schools accommodate students with needs that cannot be met by their current District. The OSD has proposed a 14% inflation rate increase for FY24. For the past 10 years, OSD has instituted an average annual increase of 1.8%.

This unprecedented 14% increase is straining local budgets across Massachusetts. This 14% increase comes out to over $775k for Franklin alone. I don’t see how any district can absorb that kind of increase.

I will be reaching out to our local legislators asking that they cosponsor 3 bills that seek to meet the demands that our school districts (and taxpayers) are facing in connection with this cost increase - and I ask that you all do the same:

HD 3170 which lowers circuit breaker cost threshold; HD 3156 which increases the circuit breaker reimbursement rate; and HD 3102 which would create a Special Ed Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the fiscal sustainability of special education service delivery in MA."

Shared from Denise Spencer's Twitter thread found here ->   https://twitter.com/DSpencerFSC/status/1632219141384830976

Download the PDF of the thread here ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ftWjH8NxzMrXqnMtzmxnKR1bf2Ieecn5/view?usp=share_link

The Franklin Finance Committee took a "deep dive" in to the school budget at their Dec 2022 meeting. The audio, video and related documents for that meeting can be found ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/12/finance-committee-gets-some-financial.html

The Franklin School Committee budget subcommittee just met to prepare for the Joint Budget Subcommittee meeting scheduled for March 8. The audio recording of that session is available here ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/03/school-budget-subcommittee-hears.html

School Budget Subcommittee hears revolving funds maxed out, not likely to get all asked for (audio)