Franklin mock trial team beats Bellingham, 83-77

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Franklin mock trial team beats Bellingham, 83-77

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by Melanie Graham/Daily News staff on 2/9/10

In their final preliminary match of this year's mock trial competition, Franklin High School beat out Bellingham High School 83 to 77 this afternoon.

With the win, Franklin remains undefeated this year with a 3-0 record in the state-wide mock trial competition, sponsored by the Massachusetts Bar Association.

Bellingham, who entered today's match undefeated, falls to a 2-1 record.

In the match, Bellingham acted as the defense and Franklin as the plaintiff. The trial took place at Bellingham Public Library.

This week marks the third and final week of preliminary competitions. Each team has three preliminary matches within one of 16 regions.

Following the results of this week's matches and any necessary tie-breakers, 16 teams will be chosen to move on to the next round. The final match will take place Friday, March 26 at Faneuil Hall in Boston.

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Vallee to hold office hours in Franklin, Medway

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Vallee to hold office hours in Franklin, Medway

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Rep. James Vallee, D-Franklin, will hold walk-in office hours on Feb. 19 in Medway and Franklin.

Vallee or a member of his staff will take visitors at the Medway Town Administrator's office on 155 Village St. from 9 to 10 a.m.

From 10:30-11:30 a.m., he or a staff member will be at his Franklin office at 4 West St.

He and his staff may be reached at 617-722-2600 or Rep.JamesVallee@hou.state.ma.us.

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Live reporting - closing items

5. Information Matters
• Superintendent’s Report
a. Enrollment Comparisons
b. The Backpack Bulletin – February 2010


391 students thus far have registered for kindergarten

Old business

New business
No information about the status of school, the weather information is still sketchy.

FEF Trivia Bee - Apr 29th
The central office has a team called the Histerbees!

Summer catalog for LIfe LOng Learning is not out, check out the offerings.

Motion to enter executive session, to not return to open session.

Live reporting - Action items

4. Action Items
a. I recommend acceptance of a check for $3,000.00 from the Davis Thayer PCC for field trips & in-house enrichment.  motion to approve, passed 5-0

b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $50.00 from Lueders Environment for the district gift account for scholarships.  motion to approve, passed 5-0
 
c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $3732.50 from the Oak St. PCC for In house enrichment as detailed.  motion to approve, passed 5-0
 
d. I recommend acceptance of the donation of labor to fix the Davis Thayer scoreboard from Mr. Glenn Jones as detailed in the attached pictures.   motion to approve, passed 5-0

Glenn spoke about his idea to remove the existing scoreboard that was approx. 50 years. Confirmed by a couple of folks that is was there when they attended. He was planning on painting and returning it, when he plugged it in, he found it still worked. He had to replace or repair some components. A new clock is included. Donations from a number of businesses helped along the way. It is now hanging in the Davis Thayer gymnasium.

He has a few surprises to reveal during a presentation scheduled for Wednesday assuming the weather holds.

One way to test the scoreboard would be have some test with the School Committee and the Town Council in some competition.

It was a lot of fun for Glenn to do. He hasn't come across many things that old that still works and is functional.

Live reporting: School Committee

Present: Cafasso, Rohrbach, Mullen, Roy, Trahan
Absent: Douglas,  Glynn (for the very short public meeting, he did arrive in time for the Executive Session)

1. Routine Business
• Citizen’s Comments   none
 
• Review of Agenda
 
• Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the Open and Executive Sessions of the January 26, 2010 School Committee Meeting.  motion to approve (with minor adjustment for Executive Session to adjourn, not to return to open session) passed 5-0
 
• Payment of Bills Mr. Glynn
 
• Payroll Mrs. Douglas  not present
 
• FHS Student Representatives
 
• Correspondence:  Budget to Actual

2. Guests/Presentations
a. none

3. Discussion Only Items
• none

 

Abbey Wind Turbine

I got out to Mount St Mary's Abbey in Wrentham to record this brief video of the wind turbine in action:



One advantage of wind over solar, the wind sometimes doesn't stop when the sun goes down. It can continue to generate power during the night as long as there is sufficient wind.

Earlier posts/photos of the wind turbine can be found here

http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2009/12/abbey-turbine-gets-wings.html

http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2008/11/whoosh-whoosh.html


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Franklin mock trial team beats Holliston, 97-84

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Franklin mock trial team beats Holliston, 97-84

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In their second preliminary match of this year's mock trial competition, Franklin High School beat out Holliston High School 97 to 84 on Friday.

The win brings Franklin's record to 2-0 for this year's state-wide mock trial competition, sponsored by the Massachusetts Bar Association.

The match, which took place at Waltham City Hall, had Franklin acting as the defense and Holliston as the plaintiff.

Franklin coach Michael Walsh said four members of the team received a perfect score of 10 for their performance. Each performance, whether it is an attorney or witness, is scored on a scale from 1 to 10. The highest possible score for a team is 110 points.

This week marks the third and final week of preliminary competitions. Each team has three preliminary matches within one of 16 regions.

Following the results of this week's matches and any necessary tie-breakers, 16 teams will be chosen to move on to the next round. The final match will take place Friday, March 26 at Faneuil Hall in Boston.

Franklin's next match will take place Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. against Bellingham High School at the Bellingham Public Library, 100 Blackstone St.

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