Live reporting: New logo awards

c. Strategic Planning Logo Awards

Ella Reed
Ben Fretz
Cam Goldsmith
Brett vanVort
Patrick McClellan Hurd
Jillian McGrath
Madison Wendell
Lyndsey Donahoe
Pooja Agaraal
Michelle Reinertson
Samantha Fitzpatrick
Collin Berg
Ellie Mancin
Erin Lee
Kasey Lynch
Breanna Metras
Caleigh Smith
Emma Campbell
Joe Nevells
Ashley Monterotti
Kevin MacAllister
Nichole Higgins
David Joany
Anna Humphreys
Madison Hinckley
Andrew DeSignore
Jill Downing
Kristen Dumas – final selection

From 250 initial entries, whittled to thirty for the high school students to work with and create 5 logos

and the final logo is shown above



Updated - 6/10/09: The listing of names was updated with the help of Rosanne (Gosch) Walsh

Live reporting: FEF Grants

Tim Hurdlebrink and Mike Doherty from the Franklin Education Foundation presented a check of $29,633 to Jeff Roy to cover multiple individual grant awards




(list of awards to be provided later)

Live reporting: School Committee 6/9/09

Attending: Armenio, Cafasso, Kelly, Mullen, Roy, Rohrbach, Trahan


1. Routine Business

Citizen’s Comments - None
Review of Agenda - Addition, Director of Special Education introduction; Addition of one action item, Girl's Track Team trip

Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the May 26, 2009 School Committee Meeting. Motion to approve, passed 7-0
Payment of Bills Mr. Kelly Motion to approve, passed 7-0
Payroll Ms. Armenio
FHS Student Representatives

As this is the last meeting Patrick Slight and Brittany MacLeod will be attending as Student Representatives, School Committee Chairperson Jeff Roy and Superintendent Wayne Ogden made the customary gift of books to each of them in appreciation for their work on the Committee.



Correspondence
1. Budget to Actual
2. Letter from Margaret Sullivan
3. SC Response to Margaret Sullivan

How would you fill the MBTA's budget hole?

Wouldn't it be cool if we had something like this to play with the budget line items for Franklin?

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How would you fill the MBTA's budget hole?

via Universal Hub - All Boston, all the time by adamg on 6/9/09

So you think you can budget? Click on the revenue or expense arrows, then on the bottom line and get a sorta spreadsheet that lets you play with detailed views of the T's budget.

Via Nathan Spencer.

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Op-Ed: Don't pay more for business as usual

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Op-Ed: Don't pay more for business as usual

via News & Updates, Office of the Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts by on 6/8/09

Read an Op-Ed by Governor Patrick that appeared in today's Boston Globe

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Four Corners building

I stopped by the other day to grab some photos as the site prep continues to get ready for the removal of this building. A Walgreens will replace it eventually opening for business in 2010.

Four Corners building, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Franklin: Relay for Life June 12-13

The Relay for Life will be held on the Franklin High School track (Oak Street) beginning Friday evening, June 12th and running through Saturday, June 13th.

Additional info on the relay can be found on the event website here

Franklin_RelaySign, originally uploaded by shersteve.