Early word on Franklin local aid cut

Officials in Franklin, which lost $299,676 in the local aid reductions, don't yet know where they will make cuts, said Council Chairman Christopher Feeley, "but we know it should not affect schools."

The news was not as painful as Feeley anticipated, he said.

"I thought it was going to be more dramatic. We've known this was coming, so there are some municipal positions that haven't been filled. Three hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money, but it's not a lot of out a billion," Feeley said.

Read the full article about the effects of state aid cuts on local communities in the Milford Daily News here.

Energy Sense Series

This is the collection of posts covering the Energy Sense Series sponsored by the Franklin Area Climate Team:

10/06/08 - Meeting Summary
10/06/08 - Presentation
11/13/08 - Sustainable Business Leader Program
12/10/08 - Part 1
12/10/08 - Part 2
01/14/09 - Kilowatt Ours

Dazzling mathemagic

How about a little bit of dazzling math today?



How does he do it?

Does Franklin prepare their students to do math like this?

"why they would mean something to people 50 years from now"

By By Joyce Kelly, DAILY NEWS STAFF

GHS

Posted Jan 30, 2009 @ 12:49 AM

Last update Jan 30, 2009 @ 01:08 AM

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FITCHBURG —

When the curtain rose on the set of "Public Speech, Private Thought," student actors slowly, silently crossed the stage, while overhead, electronic voices sang, "What are we? What the hell is going on?"

Justin Perry, the "rebel" college student played by Dean College student Joe Firicano, was the first to speak, the entire cast motionless around him. "Nobody is right all the time - nobody - not even if you know everything," Firicano said, preparing listeners for one of the play's star players, a narcissistic, dictatorial professor.

Read more about the performance by these Dean students and their chance for another performance later this year in the Milford Daily News here

Building Committee suggestion

As the Building Committee looks into either renovating or building a new high school, as well as what work should be done on the other three older school buildings (Davis-Thayer, Parmenter, and Kennedy), this slideshow should be something to keep in mind.

What kind of design will foster the education environment to prepare our children for a future that is unknown?

School Design: Be the Change... (tags: school design)

What do you think?

What questions would you ask?

If you wanted to know about social media, or Twitter, or blogging, what question(s) would you ask?

I am looking to solicit some input to tune up my presentation on Blogging 101 for the NewBCamp 2009.

Add a comment or send me an email (shersteve at gmail dot com).

Thanks!


BTW - Info about NewBCamp 2009 can be found here.

Meeting Presentations - Updated

Two quick notes on the presentations from the School Committee meeting on Tuesday, January 27.

• The presentation overview for the Strategic Plan was really slow loading from Slideshare, so I have removed the presentation and provided a link to the Slideshare site to view it there. At least until I figure out why such a small presentation (only 5 pages, no significant graphics) is doing what it is doing.
• The Life Long Learning presentation was added to that segment of the meeting. You can view that presentation here.