Live reporting: legislation for action

H. PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS

I. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

J. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION

• Resolution 15-52: Order of Layout, Acceptance & Taking of a portion of Lewis Street, Currently a private way – Referral to Planning Board

discovered during the process of replacing the sewer lines, that the property had not been in the public way, property owners have approved
motion to refer, seconded, passed 9-0

• Resolution 15-53: Funding Horace Mann Statue

transfer of small sums from two trust funds for the Horace Mann statue
$50K from State budget, balance to be from the above trust funds

letter from Rep Roy read for the record
urging action and funding for the statue

Debbie Pellegri
everything has been said already
recognize the members of the committee
May 20th the Council appointed us to commission the statue
former Horace Mann high school is 150 Emmons St
do have the birthplace marker at the Shaw's Market Plaza
Roger Calarese, developer of the land will be putting in $150K of his own money for the landscaping
a business and community plan working together to put this statue

Maureen Sabolinski, School Superintendent
thank you for your consideration in this resolution
we look forward to the unveiling

Charlie
won't cost Mr and Mrs John Q Public anything from their pocket
it makes terrific sense

Lisa
if you have had a chance to read more about Horace as I have over the last few months
this project is really exciting

Mercer
the committee did lots of really good home work
4 or 5 sculptures came in and they make a really good choice

Padula
the fact that Roger donated $150K for this project speaks to the nature of his work
he didn't have to do that

Kelly
we knew he was the right guy for the job
especially as the next door neighbor, I can wait to see the new building up

Mr Calarese is before the planning board next week
RFP P&S is for Nov/Dec so likely spring construction

construction of the sculpture will take about a year

Bissanti
is the design chosen? yes, copy in agenda packet

motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0

• Resolution 15-55: Ratification of the Franklin Public Library Staff Association Contract

motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0
this is inline with the other agreements, language changes and

• Resolution 15-56: 2015 Amended Schedule of Town Council Meetings

charter requires Council to be sworn in on seconded Wednesday
as it is a holiday (Nov 11) moving to Nov 12
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0

• Zoning Bylaw Amendment 15-750: Zoning Map Changes from Industrial to General Residential V District in an Area on or Near Dean Ave – 2nd Reading – 2/3 Vote

motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0 (via roll call)

in accordance with Master Plan recommendation

would ultimately eliminate the old factory down there and replace with residential

Kelly - this is a great opportunity for the downtown to create space for walking to the train

• Bylaw Amendment 15-751: Changes to Chapter 181, Wetlands Protection – 2nd Reading

motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0

recommended by Conservation Commission to streamline the process

• Zoning Bylaw Amendment 15-752: Nonconforming Buildings, Structures, and Uses – Referral to Planning Board

motion to refer, seconded, passed 9-0

allows flexibility, more so than the current wording today

Live Reporting: Town Council - Sep 9, 2015

Present: Feldman, Padula, Mercer, Kelly, Vallee, Pfeffer, Bissanti, Williams, Dellorco
Absent:  none


A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
– August 5, 2015, Executive Session June 24, 2015
motion to approve, seconded, passed 9-0


C. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS
Town Clerk Debbie Pellegri swore in Deputy Chief Thomas (TJ) Lynch

(30 second recess)

B. ANNOUNCEMENTS
– This meeting is being recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 29. This meeting may be recorded by others.

Progressive Dinner announcement
tickets available
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/franklin-downtown-partnership-progressive-dinner-tickets-18319948459?ref=elink


D. CITIZEN COMMENTS
(citizen providing handout to Councilors)Wayne Brodsky, resident many years

124 Beaver St owner
looking to build a duplex
land taking widen Beaver St

400 sq ft shy of the requirements, tried to get it resolved with a variance

small property on Reed and Beaver from Town to be acquired
house would be more conforming than what is there
the only thing stopping me is the purchase of the small strip of property

would be willing to pay for it


E. APPOINTMENTS
– Conservation Commission - Tara Henrichon
motion to approve, seconded, approved 9-0

F. HEARINGS

G. LICENSE TRANSACTIONS
- Transfer of Hotel/Innholder License – Residence Inn
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-2


discussion on approval and hold license for payment of past due taxes

Live Reporting: Economic Development Committee meeting - Sep 9, 2015

Committee Present: Kelly, Bissanti, Vallee,
Absent: Padula

Other Town: Nutting, Taberner, Wierling, Halligan, Pfeffer, Feldman
and 4 citizens

1. Economic Development Marketing Update

Brian Taberner, provides the marketing update
quality of life, great place to do business two focal points
summary of what has been done and what is underway

Biotech conference in PA that Rep Jeff Roy attended
he took some of the brochures (see handouts)

Brian going to a conference in Boston and will be taking some of the materials to hand out
regular marketing brochures
available on webpage, redoing webpage to be called "Franklin Development"
including the videos prepared by Franklin TV

finds space in publications for relatively small budget to spread awareness
New England Real Estate Journal

Site Selection magazine - 1/2 page ad last year

Expansion Solutions - full page (advertorial) in biotech section

LeadGen - will provide info if ad purchased, usually from the conferences where they find businesses who might be interested in Franklin

Business InFocus magazine, full page plus article with info on Franklin

also focused on Downtown with Metrowest Tourism Bureau
Metrowest Guide comes out twice a year, looks for other businesses to put ads in
got Franklin (in some form) into 39 of the 40 something pages

Rack cards - from Metrowest focused on Franklin and downtown businesses

working with Dean College on a couple of projects
promotion of downtown via branding
one class starting now is just beginning to work on this

working with a class at Clark Univ to help with the Cultural District paperwork

Kelly - have you talked to Marlboro about their economic development efforts?
Brian - yes, we have been in talks with them. They have a full time economic development director. We know what they are doing.
Nutting, we need to get to other shows and pick and choose which ones to attend

Bissanti - do you go with knowledge of what is available?
Brian - yes, we have what we know of.

Kelly - the small ones are the important ones, they are the ones we see every day. The larger ones can generally handle themsleves

2. Nu-Style Property Update

There were originally four parcels
#1 is owned, #2 should be set of sale
#3 should be prepared for sale
#4 was already purchased

consideration of #2 as the owner of #1 has already expressed interest

#3 still needs to get environmentally cleaned

consensus will be to proceed as Jeff proposed
will bring before the Council for decision

3. Pond Street Property Update

• Solar Lease Proposals
• Condominium Proposal

solar still an issue with caps expiring at State
not a viable option for further development

need to vote yes, no or table it
currently holding deposits from the proposals

would entertain a motion to give the solar deposits back

we feel it would not be prudent at this time to make a decision so close to a new council coming in
condo development would be willing to clean up the property, solar developers were not interested in cleaning up the property

hotel developers were concerned with the clean up

representing two chains, 2-4 acres required for a stand alone hotel
leave 30 acres of green space, still puts traffic on street but leaves better part of parcel alone

in order to do that, would require a whole new RFP
limiting the site to green space and hotel space

town would need to create a subdivision to create the 3-4 acre plot for the hotel and leave the remaining untouched

the meetings had come up from phone calls from RFP responses that could of come in but missed the deadline

possible sale price of $200K /acres, would need to be appraised
comparative hotels provide about $300K in revenue per year

Current condo developer present in meeting
would like direction from the Town, are interested in the property but do have other business opportunities

Kelly - discouraged by the solar, before we look at any proposal need to look at all the details
25 students would be a new classroom

we went for a re-zone, the site will get developed, we need to figure out what can go there that will be a good benefit for the town

I am interested by the hotel proposal if we stick the hotel down by the interstate and away from the the residential

I don't know if we need to do a phase 2, we need to work with the neighbors
we could have a whole new council in November and need to collectively figure out how to make this work

I am not ready to vote on what we have infront of use

We can give the solar guys their checks back

amended motion to reject and refund the solar bids and table the condo until next meeting
seconded, passed

after conversations with hotel vendors, they could buy the lot but would not likely do anything in a 2-3 year period

Sandy V - appreciate Matt's points and willingness to work with the residents. If we are to move forward if it is going to be a consensus, they let it be a consensus.

Bissanti - I don't see an answer to this prior to the election, I am sensitive to the neighbor I see it as a residential area. I don't see it as commercial. I don't see it as a hotel. That is my take on, I'd like to see it kicked down the road to another council. Right now we have good interest. with a developer, but I don't see it happening

Bissanti - it is an F rating for a left hand turn onto Pond St

Nutting - we have met with District 3 and they want to do the traffic counts when school has re-opened. Whether there is a development or not, the state does have to deal with it

That can be a slow crawl with the state

McDowell - there can be MassWorks grants, to help

motion to adjourn

Hockomock League boys soccer preview

Hockomock Sports has published is boys soccer preview. The section on Franklin is shown here. Links for the preview for the other Hockomock schools are listed below.

FHS Panthers

FRANKLIN

2014 Record: 13-2-5
2014 Finish: Reached MIAA D1 South Quarterfinal
Coach: Fran Bositis

"For the past four seasons, the Panthers have claimed the Kelley-Rex division title. This year, it could be more of an uphill battle in order to claim a fifth straight. 

The Panthers graduated 16 seniors and a good solid chunk of their starting lineup so a couple of strong returning players will be relied on heavily for coach Fran Bositis. Austin Kent is the only starter back and 2015 will be his third year on varsity. Hatim Brahimi had a big sophomore season last year and his junior campaign could be a big one for him. 

“The focus has been on just trying to find the right mix of players right now,” Bositis said. “I know that the kids have worked really hard, and are in real good shape physically but we’ve got a ways to go before we call ourselves a good soccer team.” 

Senior Nick Parent will see his role increase this year while Danny Geraci and Pat Kapples are two players who have some experience in the back. Henri Guilmette will step in as the new goalie and could have a breakout 2015."

Kelly-Rex Division (Franklin's division)
http://www.hockomocksports.com/boys-soccer-2015-kelley-rex-soccer-preview/

Davenport Division
http://www.hockomocksports.com/boys-soccer-2015-davenport-division-preview/

Hockomock League girls soccer preview

Hockomock Sports has published is girls soccer preview. The section on Franklin is shown here. Links for the preview for the other Hockomock schools are listed below.

FHS PAnthers

FRANKLIN

2014 Record: 17-1-3
2014 Finish: Reached D1 South Final
Coach: Tom Geysen

"Franklin reached its third consecutive Div. 1 South final last fall but couldn’t come through with a three-peat in an overtime loss to Whitman-Hanson. The Panthers lost several key pieces including two-time Hockomock Sports .com Player of the Year Taylor Cogliano, but remain among the favorites for the Kelley-Rex title. 

The Stowell twins, Assumption commits Victoria and Alexis, are two important players coming back for the Panthers in midfield and attack along with senior forward Bailey Knous, who has battled injuries during her career but when on the field can be prolific in front of goal. Also, junior Meg Adams is back and healthy, which will be a huge boost in the early season, and Megan Georges returns after a breakout season at attacking mid. 

Franklin was not only a strong offensive team but also one of the league’s best defensively and Geysen is counting on Lauren Rudolph and Meghan Dietrle to hold down the center of defense while young players step into roles on the outside. Geysen is confident his team is going to be solid, but he believes younger players are going to need to grow into new positions if the Panthers are going to get back to the sectional final."

Kelly-Rex Division (Franklin's division)
http://www.hockomocksports.com/girls-soccer-2015-kelley-rex-division-preview-2/

Davenport Division
http://www.hockomocksports.com/girls-soccer-2015-davenport-division-preview/

MOMS Club - Annual Fall Social - Sep 14

From Chrissy Burkholder, VP of Membership:

MOMS Club of Franklin Annual Fall Social 

Open to non-members and members 

Monday, September 14th at the Franklin YMCA from 10-12 

Come find out what MOMS Club is about and have some fun with your kids.

Moms Club logo

For additional information on the Moms Club, you can visit their webpage
http://franklinmomsclub.com/

FHS Field hockey Car Wash - Sep 12 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

From Tammy McPhee, Co-President FHS 2015 Field Hockey Boosters:

FHS Field Hockey Car Wash 

Saturday, September 12th 

Franklin High School, Oak Street 

8AM-4PM 

Please support FHS Field Hockey 

$10/car

Money raised goes to current and future season FHS Field Hockey scholarships, events and activities

Franklin HIgh School

FHS 2015 Field Hockey Boosters

• Melissa Conroy and Tammy McPhee, Co-Presidents
• Denise Reutlinger and Sue Egan, Co-VPs
• Lynne Lounsbury and Temma Downing, Co-Secretaries
• Suzanne Gendreau and Cheryl Marshall, Co-Treasurers
• Kim Derby and Cheryl Marshall and Suzanne Gendreau, Clothing Coordinators

In the News: brief evacuation for safety, summer school experiences

A resident who poured gasoline around his home and threatened to hurt himself was shot in the leg and subdued by police shortly before noon Tuesday. 

At 11:30 a.m., Franklin Police and Fire departments responded to a call from Riverside Mental Health Services reporting a male patient who was threatening harm to himself on School Street. 

Concerned about the safety of the neighborhood, Police Chief Stephan Semerjian said a perimeter around the man's home was briefly evacuated, including the nearby Davis Thayer Elementary School.

Continue reading the article online
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150908/NEWS/150907126

Students and residents took part in an array of summer programs - including those focusing on music, art, math and science - since schools let out in June. 

The School Committee at its meeting Tuesday night heard from 10 presenters about how summer programs at the schools had progressed. 

Pandora Carlucci, the executive director of the district's Lifelong Learning Institute, said the institute works to support, complement and supplement instruction done in the classroom. She introduced the individual program directors, who spoke about their experiences over the summer.

Continue reading the article online
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150908/NEWS/150906883/1994/NEWS

math program group photo

Live reporting: to closing

4. Action Items

a. I recommend adoption of the District Improvement Plan as presented.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 7-0

b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $288.00 from All American Publishing for FHS.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 7-0

5. Information Matters

Superintendent’s Report
it was a great week, then today happened
i.e. Davis Thayer, thanks to Dean College for their help, students at Dean embraced our students
thank you to Franklin Police and Fire for their guidance and help today
we do need to do a follow up

hosting interviews for Horace Mann interviews on the 10th
decision expected by the end of the month

Think Taylors Concussion Awareness Week
the impact of concussions is the new public health crisis
week of 21st to 25th
all of MIAA teams will also participate

School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
note

School Committee Liaison Reports
note

6. New Business
To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.
Harlem Wizards - Nov 13th
volunteers looked for to help with the event

7. Executive Session
Personnel Matter - not needed

8. Adjourn
motion to adjourn

Live reporting: District Improvement Plan

2. Guests/Presentations

b. District Improvement Plan

Winslow, Sabolinski, Edwards

Goal

"We will define, identify, develop, and implement strategies to advance increased complexity and rigor across all curricula, instructional practices, and assessments within the Franklin Public Schools."

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looked at student work samples to see what was being done in light of what was needed

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Sub-Goals:

Standard 1 Instructional Leadership

• We will continue to align curricula to the Massachusetts Frameworks and develop corresponding common assessments to ensure that all students in each grade and course have the same opportunities to develop and demonstrate mastery in the required concepts and skills.

Standard 2 Teaching All Students

• We will utilize differentiated instructional strategies to meet needs of students at all levels, by using a Response to Intervention Program (RtI) and the implementation of high expectations for increased complexity and rigor for all learners.
• By implementing research-based curricula to support social/emotional learning all students will benefit from a safe and supportive learning environment.

Standard 3 Community Engagement

• Through effective partnerships with families, community members, and organizations, educators will promote learning expectations and initiatives that enable all students to grow academically, socially, and physically.
• Expectations for the appropriate mastery of concepts and skills and the demonstration of proficiency in these content and skills will be shared with families and the community, including celebrations of success.
• Through school-based activities and initiatives, we will create inclusive communities in all of our schools for all students and families, especially those coming from diverse backgrounds.

Standard 4 Professional Culture

• All staff will participate in the alignment of curricula, the development and implementation of common assessments, and will provide evidence of differentiated instruction in their classrooms.

• Using the Professional Learning Community (PLC) model, faculty and administration will collaborate and engage in professional activities to implement instructional practices that engage all students and establish expectations that challenge students to meet or exceed their potential.

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Looking to rebrand the school district

How do we talk about math today with the parents who might have had a different experience with math. How the classwork also translates to homework. 

More homework is not necessarily an example of rigor

revisiting our core values and mission
will want to look at transportation systemically since the late 90's
some of the traffic challenges around Horace Mann, Oak and the High School in particular
entering into negotiations with the FEA
exciting but a lot of work to be done


O'Malley - commend you for the overarching goal

Jewel - commend you on your planning, where are we 2-3 years from now, how do we educate parents?, parents are not used to thinking in the classroom right now; the classroom is different, how can we better facilitate kids helping kids? Many people think when we go to the new basis it is a down grade, it is not but we need to communicate that out better. I am in communication with other School Committees and they are not hearing what I hearing. Cross fertilization is the best way to get that done.

Live reporting: Summer program updates

2. Guests/Presentations

a. Summer Update – Pandora Carlucci
Without Supt Sabolinski's leadership the programs would not be enjoyed by 2500 people during the summer

10 presentations from 4 groups
multi-media demonstration about to begin

Nancy Schoen and Jane Hogan

(video shown)

39 FHS students participated as mentors to the younger students
500 attended the final performance and pizza party
75 international students from Dean took a tour of FHS on the last day

Slides shared for Summer Art Institute
4 courses, 3 middle school, 1 high school; 50 students total
were able to participate as part of the Cultural Festival

Ann Butler

biotech boot camp, supported by local businesses for 7th and 8th graders
about 25 students participated
did work via case studies
not pretend science, actual forensics science used

Brenda Reed

talks about the fall schedule for Lifelong Learning
the brochure and updates have been shared here on Franklin Matters
Community walking is one of the events that is high interest; restarts on Sep 15th
3 pilot programs tried during the summer

• adult men's basketball
• advanced coed adult volleyball
• private music lessons for students

88 people tried these programs this summer

establishing partnerships
Providence Performing Art Center, Hanover Theater
among the many being built

some suggested country line dancing, exploring to maybe make available this winter

Kristen Circe, Michelle Hess, Jessi Fanueli

High School Experience
305 freshman participated, the largest group thus far

toured the high school, got their Chromebooks and student IDs

project adventure is one of the student highlights

organized curriculum and activity session
enthusiasm was contagious all week
the new freshman class was inventive and creative

"if nothing goes right go left"
"we'd rather we hated for who we are than liked for who we are not"
(others to be added; final vote to be held by students to select the class motto)

combined history and literature for a session
combined math and science for a session
one session on "7 habits of highly effective teens"

Solutions Summer

water slides on Wednesday
housed at Jefferson Elementary for the summer

6 week program from K to 6th grade
weekly themes

Jeff Chaffee "Archimedes"

grown from 35 - 65 students in five years
will stay at elementary and middle school






Thanks for choosing math in July

Seth Diamond

thanks to the custodians for taking care of the 250 students
K to 6th grade

STAR program

Mullen - thanks to all for your enthusiasm and desire to do this for the students in the summer time

O'Malley - Archimedes could visit us if we had longer school days, these kind of activities belong in the classroom every day. We need air conditioning in the schools, we need longer days. We need to pay teachers more. That is a theme. I am not proposing an action item. I hope to see it during my time. Thank you again!

Jewel - I have to admit that this is my favorite time of year, I was talking with the Dean of Ohio St integrating different programs, allowing achievement. You do it every day with math, english and allowing them to be creative. I am disappointed in that you have only as many as you do. How many students do we have in the district? Maybe we have not done enough to advertise this.

LIve reporting: School Committee - Sep 8, 2015

Present: Douglas, O'Malley, Rohrbach, Clement, Mullen, Trahan, Jewell
Absent: none


1. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments - none

Review of Agenda - no changes

Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the August 25, 2015 School Committee Meeting.
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0

Payment of Bills - Mr. Clement
motion to approve, seconded, passed 7-0

Payroll - Mrs. Douglas

FHS Student Representatives
Julie Harrington (Student Body President)
Alanna Lynch (President of Senior Class)

FHS Girls cross country won the Hockomock Jamboree

Correspondence:

• Budget to Actual – Miriam Goodman

Franklin Public Schools: Heat Precautions

A message from FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hello

We have had a few inquiries requesting that we cancel school or reduce the school day  due to the weather. Those are not considerations at this time.  

To make sure all students are hydrated, all principals have been directed to have an adequate supply of water available to all students. The district will make sure water from the cafe is available students in our K- 8 schools as most of those complexes have minimal air conditioned spaces.  

Principals at the elementary level will monitor conditions and may choose to limit recess or hold indoor recess. School health professionals are available to monitor students and will check in on  any student with an  individual health plan that indicates a child may have  issues with respect to heat. 

As always a parent may exercise their right to keep a child home from school if they feel attendance will have a negative impact on the health of their child/children.

Please contact the school office to let administration know you plan to keep your child home.

Thank you,

Maureen Sabolinski

Superintendent of Schools

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Franklin, MA: School Committee - Agenda - Sep 8, 2015

Vision Statement

The Franklin Public Schools will foster within its students the knowledge and skills to

find and achieve satisfaction in life as productive global citizens.

AGENDA

"The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which

may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed

and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent

permitted by law."

1. Routine Business

Citizen’s Comments
Review of Agenda

The Key to Learning

Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the August 25, 2015
School Committee Meeting.
Payment of Bills Mr. Clement
Payroll Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
Correspondence: Budget to Actual – Miriam Goodman

2. Guests/Presentations

a. Summer Update – Pandora Carlucci
b. District Improvement Plan

3. Discussion Only Items

none

4. Action Items

a. I recommend adoption of the District Improvement Plan as presented.
b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $288.00 from All American Publishing for FHS.

5. Information Matters

Superintendent’s Report
School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
School Committee Liaison Reports

6. New Business

To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.

7. Executive Session

Personnel Matter

8. Adjourn

What you should know about design! (video)

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For more about "Good Flags, Bad Flags"
http://vexillology.wikia.com/wiki/Appendix:_Good_flags,_bad_flags

For more about 99% Invincible, Roman Mars podcast on design
http://99percentinvisible.org/