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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Episode 079 - Love, Objective Correlatives, Roller Coaster Rides, Prayers, and much more
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 078 - Love, Robert Frost, Joining the Navy, Oranges, and much more
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Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 078 |
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 077 - Love, Drafts, Springtime, Freeverse, and Old Friends
Friday, July 4, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 076 - Love Poems, Cats, Howard Hughes, etc.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 075 - Blue Hair, Love, Car Rentals, March, Mystery, and The Wind Howls
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: 074 - Cinnamon Soldiers, Love Poems, Chocolate, White Socks, and much more
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 073: Love Poems, Winter Skating, New Years Resolutions, and much more
Monday, June 23, 2025
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, June 23, 2025
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wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio |
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 ???
- 1 day offset for Trash & recycle schedule due to Holiday
- Early Voting - FY 2026 Override Special Election
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendar
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Franklin TV: Book!
Thank you for watching.Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.And staying informed at Franklin●news.
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 ???
Historical Commission Meeting
April 9, 2025, 6:00 PM = No agenda posted
The School district calendar is found https://franklinpublicschooldistrictma.sites.thrillshare.com/o/fpsd/page/school-calendars
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
2 FHS teachers on the joy of teaching & the hard things about budget issues (audio)
FM #1401 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1401 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of my conversation with Leah Wahrhaftig-Jeri and Katherine Kellett, both teachers at Franklin High School. We had our conversation at the Franklin TV Studio on Monday, March 3, 2025.
Katherine Kellett, Teacher - English
Leah Wahrhaftig-Jeri, Teacher - World Language
We cover their road to Franklin and FHS
We talk about the joy in teaching
And the issues faced with continued budget cuts
Only one language to be offered at the middle school
Reduces the total of language classes High School graduates can carry forward to college
Text book & curriculum cuts challenge the appropriate delivery of curriculum
Loss of shared intellectual capital with colleagues cut due to budget
Language lab is a resource heavily utilized and will no longer available (per budget)
Struggle to attract and retain substitute teachers
Ripple effects for curriculum coverage that is lost and how that affects students and the next year’s teachers for that subject
The recording runs about 40 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Leah and Katherine on teaching in challenging budget times
Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1401-2-franklin-high-school-teachers-03-03-25/
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Franklin High School page -> https://www.franklinps.net/o/fhs
Franklin School District budget page -> FY 2026 https://www.franklinps.net/documents/about-us/school-district-budget/fy2026-budget/728831
Joint budget listening sessions archive -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/02/joint-budget-listening-sessions-fy-2026.html
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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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