This was originally published on the Franklin School Committee blog. I updated the table with last year's results and this year's opportunity.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Operational Override History
This was originally published on the Franklin School Committee blog. I updated the table with last year's results and this year's opportunity.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sale proceeds cannot be used for operational purposes
GHS
FRANKLIN —
Town Council is slated to vote on the prospective $2.5 million sale of the former Four Corners School to Walgreens on Wednesday.
Arista Development, LLC, of Norwood, which is proposing the Walgreens Pharmacy, was the only bidder for the town-owned property at the intersection of King Street and Rte. 140, said Town Administrator Jeffery D. Nutting.
Arista has developed several Walgreens across the northeast, including Bellingham, said Arista Principal Scott A. Weymouth, noting he also helped develop the CVS on East Central Street.
The $2.5 million bid was a good offer, Nutting said.
The town paid $1.325 million for the Four Corners property about a decade ago, he said.
Read the full story in the Milford Daily News here.
Listen to the proposal made at the Town Council meeting here and read my notes from that meeting recorded during the meeting here.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Vote June 10th
Only one question on this ballot:
Question #1:
Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $2,800,000.00 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of the operating budget for which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008?
Yes or No
Visit Franklin Matters for all the details to cast an informed vote
'Franklin received a ``huge amount'' of Chapter 70 aid compared to other towns"
Milford Daily News
FRANKLIN —
The House of Representatives has shot down a $25,000 earmark for the Red Brick School submitted by Rep. James Vallee, he said, but supporters of the school are still ``hoping and praying'' to find a way to keep it open, said Deborah Pellegri.
``We're just hoping and praying the school remains in existence, because it's going to be a shame (if it closes). This is history,'' said Pellegri, the town clerk and a member of the Brick School Task Force.
``The town of Franklin is known for the little Brick School and being home to the first public library, and (being the first town named after) Benjamin Franklin. It would be devastating for the Brick School to be closed - it would be an injustice to the town,'' said Pellegri, noting the Brick School was originally a wooden school building.
Vallee filed an amendment adding $25,000 to the House budget, he said, but members rejected it.
``I think it's a wonderful asset to our community, and I'd like to see it used as a school. I support it,'' Vallee said.
``I tried. I just think the Legislature was reticent to earmark a specific amount of money for a specific school,'' Vallee added.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
"we want to see this tradition continue"
The Milford Daily News gets to their write up of the conversation on the Fourth of July from the May 7th Town Council meeting.
You can read my notes here or listen to this segment of the meeting here.
You can read the full Milford Daily News article here.
You can read my notes here or listen to this segment of the meeting here.
You can read the full Milford Daily News article here.
On Teachers in Franklin
Jeff Roy wrote a good piece on the overall teacher count; how the school committee counts teachers vs. the Department of Education.
This is required reading to avoid speculation and hearsay.
Click through to read the posting here.
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This is required reading to avoid speculation and hearsay.
Click through to read the posting here.
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Visit the School Committee override page for the schedule of information sessions
You can find all the override related information here
Be informed to cast your vote on June 10th
Friday, May 16, 2008
In the News - Closing Davis Thayer not an Option
GHS
FRANKLIN —
Shutting down Davis Thayer Elementary School to save money is not going to happen any time soon, or possibly ever, says Superintendent Wayne Ogden, despite suggestions to that effect.
Closing the 16-classroom elementary school on West Central Street was one of a number of ideas raised in conversations between town and school leaders as a way to salvage some cash.
Davis Thayer, the town's oldest elementary school, aside from the one-classroom Red Brick School, was singled out because of its relatively high cost per pupil, said Ogden, compared to the district's other, newer elementary schools: John F. Kennedy, Helen Keller, Jefferson, Gerald M. Parmenter and Oak Street.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
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