Franklin Matters

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Calling all middle/high school students! Senator Rausch schedules Youth Legislative Forum April 25 via Zoom

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Hi ,

Are you a student in my district? Join me for my Spring Youth Legislative Forum on Monday, April 25 from 7-8 PM on Zoom!

This pandemic has been a difficult time for our communities, but particularly young people in our Commonwealth. I want to hear from students across my district about the issues facing our communities to inform my legislative work. In this forum, I also hope to give youth an opportunity to participate in the democratic process, providing space to discuss current legislation on Beacon Hill and students' policy priorities.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

This event is open exclusively to high school and middle school students living or studying in Attleboro, Bellingham, Dover, Franklin, Medfield, Milford, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Plainville, Sherborn, Wayland, Wellesley, and Wrentham. If you know of any students interested in politics or community engagement, feel free to invite them!

If you have any questions, please email Evan Berry, Communications Director, at evan.berry@masenate.gov. See you soon!

Yours in service,

Senator Becca Rausch

Our mailing address is:
The Office of Senator Becca Rausch
Massachusetts State House, Room 218
24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02133

Conversation with Judy Giovangelo of Ben Speaks - 04/04/22 (audio)

FM #772 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 772 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Judy Giovangelo and Bo Kinney of Ben Speaks on April 4, 2022.

We started talking about their new program, Survive to Thrive, backed up to get the origin story of “Ben Speaks Louder Than Words” came to be. Then we discussed how the organization has evolved, developing programs to meet the community needs to find. We close with an asks for the community of listeners and provide links to resources mentioned.

The recording runs about 25 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Judy and Bo from Ben Speaks. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-772-judy-giovangelo-of-ben-speaks-04-04-22

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Ben Speaks home page -> https://www.benspeaks.org/

About Ben -> https://www.benspeaks.org/aboutben

Survive to Thrive for girls -> https://www.benspeaks.org/survive-to-thrive-girls

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

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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Conversation with Judy Giovangelo of Ben Speaks - 04/04/22 (audio)

Trio of meetings today: Special School Cmte; EDC subcmte & Town Council

Franklin School Committee
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 5 PM
Municipal Building – Council Chambers

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/events/scagenda_4-13-22_special_mtg.pdf

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting
Agenda & Meeting Packet
April 13, 2022 - 5:45 PM
Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building
3rd floor, Training Room

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/2022-04-13_edc_agenda_packet_0.pdf

FRANKLIN TOWN COUNCIL
Agenda & Meeting Packet
April 13, 2022 - 7 PM
Meeting will be held at the Municipal Building
2nd floor, Council Chamber

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/town_council_agenda_-_april_13_2022.pdf

5:00 pm Special Meeting: LIVE, Chambers, School Superintendent Interview– Cable TV only
5:45 pm Economic Development: 3rd Floor Training Room, 878 2562 4489
7:00 pm Town Council: LIVE, Chambers, 859 5040 4004

Note: I'll start with the School Committee meeting in the Council Chambers, and move to cover the EDC meeting as that begins (assuming School Cmte meeting won't have ended) and then come back for the Council meeting in the Chambers.

FYI - other meetings and events can be found on the Town calendar -> https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar

Trio of meetings today: Special School Cmte; EDC subcmte & Town Council

School Committee discusses the Superintendent Review process - 04/12/22 (audio)

FM #7773 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 773 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares the School Committee Superintendent Review meeting held Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

There is only one item on the agenda: Superintendent’s Evaluation Process Discussion

Elise Stokes, chair of the subcommittee provided an overview of the process. There was a discussion on timing and focus to clarify points in the process.
The school committee members will get a form to fill out to be compiled and reviewed at a meeting in May and then bring the review forward targeted for the June 14 school committee meeting.

The meeting opened at 6:06 PM and ran approx. 16 minutes. Note the audio quality improves a few minutes into the recording as I move the device to the front of the speaker table in the Council Chambers.

Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-773-school-cmte-superintendent-review-mtg-04-12-22

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Meeting agenda->

https://www.franklinps.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4431/f/agendas/scagenda_4-12-22_workshop.pdf

My notes ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PSIjHYgr5T0Rk1asgFTIYoqtCR_m0n0n/view?usp=sharing

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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.

This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.

How can you help?

If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know

Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.

For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/

If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com

I hope you enjoy!

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You can also subscribe and listen to Franklin Matters audio on iTunes or your favorite podcast app; search in "podcasts" for "Franklin Matters"

School Committee discusses the Superintendent Review process - 04/12/22 (audio)

Both the FHS girls tennis and outdoor track teams win on Tuesday

Via HockomockSports.com and Twitter, we share the results of the FHS spring sports action on Tuesday:

Girls Tennis = Franklin, 3 @ North Attleboro, 2 – Final

– Franklin took two wins in singles play plus one more in doubles to take down the Rocketeers. Chloe Essam earned a win at second singles (4-6, 1-2/inj.), Sarah Schiavo added a 6-3, 6-0 victory at third singles, and the first doubles tandem of Amulya Jayam and Shriya Rasish emerged with a 7-5, 6-3 win. North Attleboro’s Lauren Hunt won 6-0, 6-1 at first singles while Ashlyn Cziria and Teresa Fan prevailed with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win at second doubles.

Boys Outdoor Track = Attleboro, 103 @ Franklin, 33 – Final

– Cashel Stuger, Ethan Syliva, Adrian Rivera each had a pair of individual wins as Attleboro ran away with a big win over Franklin. Stuger was first in both the long jump (19’4″) and the 110M hurdles (16.4), Sylvia won both the 1 Mile (4:51) and the 2 Mile (10:45.5) races, and Rivera took the top spot in the 100M dash (11.4) and the triple jump (38’2.5″). Other winners for the Bombardiers included Damon Dugan (high jump, 5’6″), Chris Leonardo (shot put, 42’1″), Ethan Gattoni (javelin, 156’8″), Isaiah Traore (discus, 109′), Jacob Blazek (400M hurdles, 1:03.3), Zyeem Charles (200M, 23.3), and Jack Blouin (800M, 2:12.4). Attleboro’s 4×100 relay (Adrian Rivera, Zyeem Charles, Jordan Rivera-Silva, Cashel Stuger) also took first in 46.5 seconds.

Tough loss for the boys today to a strong Attleboro team. Event winners were Jake Vaccarezza (400) and 4x4 (Kucich, Baird, Vaccarezza, Powderly). https://twitter.com/FranklinXCTrack/status/1514053230380077064

In Boys action v Attleboro. Michael Gillespie PRs and takes 3rd in the discus and
@AndrewJ52949175
with a 15’ PR to take 2nd in the javelin. 11 other throwers PR’d today and
@WPritoni
and
@MasonY64914165
are closing in on the FHS freshman discus record.
@FHSSports https://twitter.com/fhs_throwers/status/1514044055923142656

Girls Outdoor Track = Attleboro, 16 @ Franklin, 120 – Final

– For Attleboro, Emilia Smith won the 2 Mile (12:41), Elayna Marinelli (90’10”) and Meghan Barrows (68’5″) took first and second, respectively, in the javelin, Rebecca Rainey was third in the 400M hurdles (74.3), Bailey Ellis was third in the 1 Mile (6:15.4), and Dianna McArthur was third in the shotput (29’6.5″).

Big win for the girls today vs Attleboro. Event winners: Fitzpatrick, Dumas(2), Batla, Cliff(2), Peng, O Costa, McSweeney, Griffith, DeForge(2), 4x1 (DiDomineco, Bruno, C Loukota, Pfluke) and 4x4 (Peng, McLaughlin, L Costa, Fitzpatrick) https://twitter.com/FranklinXCTrack/status/1514051297678434306

In girls action v Attleboro.
@lilydeforge11
wins discus & shot and breaks her own FHS soph. shot put record.
@darbynicholson_
takes 2nd in the shot and 3rd in the discus,
@CateRoberge
with a huge PR takes 2nd in the discus and
@ellieweidman5
places third in the javelin
@FHSSports https://twitter.com/fhs_throwers/status/1514045514098126851

Overall 13 girls PR in the throws today v Attleboro. In addition to those that PR’d or scored,
@ChandariaElla
in the discus and
@AbbyBak67943165
in the shot put are hitting marks that rank them as two of the top freshman in the state! @FHSSports https://twitter.com/fhs_throwers/status/1514046931697348616

For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-04-12-22/