Incoming Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski and Peter Light listen as current Superintendent Wayne Ogden explains the selection process that resulted in Peter being announced as the new Principal of Franklin High School.
Additional notes from the School Committee meeting can be found here
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
SchCom: Sabolinski, Light, Ogden
SchCom: FHS Art Gallery
The presentation on the Franklin High School Art Gallery activities was made by Art Teacher Mike Caple (center), Rachel Nault (left) and Madison Weber (right).
Notes from the presentation can be found here
Additional notes from the School Committee meeting can be found here
In the News - Principal, July 4th, James Johnston
GHS
FRANKLIN —
Superintendent Wayne Ogden and Superintendent-in-waiting Maureen Sabolinski officially named Peter J. Light permanent principal of Franklin High School last night, a decision which delighted School Committee members.
Ogden had appointed Light, currently one of four assistant principals at the high school, as interim principal following Pamela Gould's announcement last week she is resigning her post for a new role as assistant superintendent of human resources for the Plymouth School Department.
Gould leaves Jan. 23, and Light takes the helm Monday, Jan. 26.
"When we were dealing with the surprising news of Pam's leaving ... Maureen and I spent a lot of painful hours figuring out how to move forward," said Ogden, who is also leaving his job at the end of June.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
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GHS
FRANKLIN —
The Fourth of July Coalition is planning to keep the town's honored five-day celebration, and this year, they're determined to bring back the parade, said Warren Revell, the group's secretary.
"Personally, I think a parade before fireworks, because it keeps more people around," said Revell, noting that Franklin doesn't benefit from non-residents who come to see the fireworks for a half-hour and immediately leave.
A parade, on the other hand, draws people to the common and keeps them entertained longer, he said. And with a parade, he said, "They're more apt to spend money there."
The group hasn't made any major decisions yet, and tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the municipal building they will discuss ideas for how to celebrate Independence Day this year.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
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GHS
FRANKLIN —
Among the many things wrong with the Republicans in Congress today is that they hate unions and that they hate American labor. I think that they would like to go back to 1900 when you could hire a "girl" to work for you as a "maid of all work" for about two dollars a week.
This point is well illustrated by Ronald Reagan's breaking of the Air Traffic Controller's Union back in the early '80s. That union has never recovered, and air traffic controllers are not paid much more today than they were in 1981 nor are their working conditions much improved.
Union jobs have been driven out of the country, and trade union membership nationally is made up of only about nine percent of all white and blue collar workers today. The Republican conservatives look at this as a victory.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Senior Center
Continuing to explore the 2008 Annual Report I find information on the Senior Center.
Did you know that there are over 100 people living here in Franklin over 90 year old?
The Senior Center is an active place. Here is a slide show of photos taken during the Open House held November 11, 2007.
If you have not picked up your hard copy of the report at Town Hall, you can try to view it online here: http://www.town.franklin.ma.us/pages/FranklinMA_Clerk/2008arpt.pdf
Note: Most of these photos were published here on Franklin Matters at that time. )
Did you know that there are over 100 people living here in Franklin over 90 year old?
The Senior Center is an active place. Here is a slide show of photos taken during the Open House held November 11, 2007.
If you have not picked up your hard copy of the report at Town Hall, you can try to view it online here: http://www.town.franklin.ma.us/pages/FranklinMA_Clerk/2008arpt.pdf
Note: Most of these photos were published here on Franklin Matters at that time. )
School Committee Meeting 1/13/09
This is the collection of posts covering the School Committee meeting of 1/13/09
The video replay of the School Committee meeting is now available on the Town web site here
- Live reporting - subcommittee update
- Live reporting - Superintendent update
- Live reporting - action items
- Live reporting - building committee update
- Live reporting - Oak St Improvement plan
- Live reporting - Peter Light - part 2
- Live reporting - Peter Light
- Live reporting - Art Gallery
- Live reporting
The video replay of the School Committee meeting is now available on the Town web site here
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Live reporting - subcommittee update
Rohrbach - providing an update on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee; two meetings held so far; one organizational, one working session. PR statement in draft, we will be reaching out to the various stakeholders with a couple of surveys and back here to provide an update on the planning process.
Live reporting - Superintendent update
The conversation has been underway all through the night with weather and condition updates. The judgment is based upon the readiness of the town DPW and facilities to get the streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and schools ready.
Decision needs to be made before 5:30 AM to enable proper communications take place in time.
Governor had weighted in on the discussion for the Friday before Christmas. They were fearful of a repeat of the situation of the year ago. The best information at the time for the 12/19 decision was to close rather than open and have an early dismissal. The forecast had been for snow to begin in Franklin at between 11:00 and 1:00 PM.
Sabolinski - We need to get the message out early enough for our staff who are traveling some distance to hear about it before leaving their residence.
Armenio - what about hockey practice that starts at 5:00 AM?
Ogden - I say this lovingly because I was one. Hockey parents, don't stop going somewhere because of snow and ice.
Cafasso - what are you hearing about the conditions for the walkers?
Ogden - one sidewalk at Oak/Mann complex was not done until later in the day. One of the sidewalk plows is out of business. There is a priority listing for what sidewalks should be done in order. The Oak/Mann/High School covers approx. 50% of our students. Those sidewalks need to be done.
Decision needs to be made before 5:30 AM to enable proper communications take place in time.
Governor had weighted in on the discussion for the Friday before Christmas. They were fearful of a repeat of the situation of the year ago. The best information at the time for the 12/19 decision was to close rather than open and have an early dismissal. The forecast had been for snow to begin in Franklin at between 11:00 and 1:00 PM.
Sabolinski - We need to get the message out early enough for our staff who are traveling some distance to hear about it before leaving their residence.
Armenio - what about hockey practice that starts at 5:00 AM?
Ogden - I say this lovingly because I was one. Hockey parents, don't stop going somewhere because of snow and ice.
Cafasso - what are you hearing about the conditions for the walkers?
Ogden - one sidewalk at Oak/Mann complex was not done until later in the day. One of the sidewalk plows is out of business. There is a priority listing for what sidewalks should be done in order. The Oak/Mann/High School covers approx. 50% of our students. Those sidewalks need to be done.
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