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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Native Plants of Franklin

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Greetings Franklin! Did you recognize what type of plant last week's mystery flower belongs to? If you said "grass" you are c...

Encourage them to answer the survey

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The early returns have shifted already from almost an even split (13-no, 12-yes) to almost 2-1 margin favoring the No vote. Should ...

Franklin Police offering Bike Helmets

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The Safety Division has a number of bicycle safety helmets available, free of charge, on a first come first served basis.   Sizes from todd...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Have you had your say yet?

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In the first 12 hours of the posting, just over 50 people visited the link, and 25 contributed to the survey. At this point, the survey resu...

Two fact sheets on new health care, poverty data from the U.S. Census Bureau

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In the News - solar, Tri-County

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Franklin company goes solar from  The Milford Daily News News RSS   by  Joe O'Connell/Daily News staff Franklin Ford to raise money fo...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Downtown Improvement Project - Survey

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The Franklin Downtown Partnership has opened a survey to gather input on the proposal to change the traffic pattern downtown from 1-way to ...

In the News - Fire dept, Library, bottle/can drive

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Franklin Fire Department holding an open house by  GateHouse Media, Inc. Friends of Franklin Library seeks book donations for book sale b...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wachusett St Construction

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Construction on Wachusett Street is currently focused away from King St and the Parmenter School. Be aware of restrictions in the area. The ...

What does class size have to do with it?

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For me, the best statement for the impact of class size on educational test results comes from  Jane Hyman,  the Jefferson Elementary School...

School Committee - 09/14/10

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The collection of posts from the School Committee meeting on Tuesday, Sep 14th can be found here: Live reporting - Closing Live reporting...

In the News - schools, Jimmy Fund,

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Some Franklin schools need improvement from  The Milford Daily News News RSS   by  Ashley Studley/Daily News staff In Franklin: Jimmy Fund...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Live reporting - Closing

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5. Information Matters Superintendent’s Report a. Enrollment Update  Davis Thayer - only elementary school with an increase, most data s...

Live reporting - Action items

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4. Action Items a. I recommend approval of the Elementary School’s School Improvement Plans as detailed.   motion to accept, passed 7-0 b...

Live reporting - Discussion only items

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3. Discussion Only Items Update on Opening of School It was eye opening to hear the parental/community feedback to the police on opening d...

Live reporting - Foreign Language Update

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2. Guests/Presentations c. Foreign Language Update – Michele Kingsland-Smith,   Kristy Yankee (Director of Foreign Languages) The full re...

Live reporting - Elementary principals

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2. Guests/Presentations b. Elementary School Improvement Plans – Elementary Principals Keller - started with 606 students but only 600...

Live reporting - AYP Update

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2. Guests/Presentations a. AYP Update Maureen Sabolinski,  Michelle Kingsland-Smith The MCAS Data was released today, posted to Schools...