4. Action Items
a. I recommend adoption of the Facilities MOU as detailed.
Motion to approve, passed 6-0
5. Information Matters
Superintendent’s Report
a. Foreign Language
b. Enrollment Comparison
School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
Cafasso - advertising moving to the field, local businesses are expressing interest
School Committee Liaison Reports - none
6. New Business
To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.
thanks to the community for another successful All night party
thanks to the DPW custodial staff for a wonderful job preparing the buildings for the graduation, the all night party, etc.
7. Executive Session
Contractual Negotiations
motion to enter Executive session, no intention to return to open meeting
approved, 6-0 via roll call
Franklin, MA
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
School Committee - discussion only items - part 2
- Data Assessment & Resource Tool (DART)
- MSBA Architect Selection Representative (already covered)
viewable from the DESE website
select the district
DESE selects 10 comparable districts automatically (exactly how they did so, is not yet defined)
scroll down, to chose other districts
schools working with the new data to determine the updates to their strategic planning process
data and fields still in process of updating
changes almost daily, if you download, check back for updates
Franklin, MA
School Committee - discussion only items - part 1
3. Discussion Only Items
covers the agreement for the Town providing the maintenance of the school buildings and grounds
only significant change is term of agreement, proposing to go out five years
still maintains a yearly review with an option for either side to come back and re-do the agreement
Foreign Language
exploring changes to the program
Elementary (K-5) has been cut each year since 2005
eliminate K-5 Spanish and replace with additional programs on health/wellness
students would have PE/Health twice a week
pilot programs with YMCA on food and nutritional items
i.e. addressing the bullying and increase the physical activities
data from MetroWest Foundation reports show need for more foundational work in this area
The "Let's Be Honest" programs held this year were well received
teaching kids about good decision making
start small and gradually develop a full K-5 program
Open Circle would still continue, it is a reactive program, a problem resolution system
we would be adding an instructional piece to enhance that
Yes, we are loosing something. What we are putting back is not what we had sometime ago
It saddens us to make these choices
The Kennedy students who came earlier and showed what they were doing with food, that is a result from the grant work with the Y
We used to say "we are really proud of the Spanish program", now it is all gone
I didn't feel it was responsible for us to take data without providing some guidance to the students on the choices they can make
Middle School foreign language
proposing to eliminate Latin as a foreign language
we have struggled to find certified and qualified teachers in this area
we have had 8 teachers in 4 years, we have looked at different areas to bring the best qualified teachers
maybe this is the time to focus on the high school Latin program and just have Spanish at the middle schools
we tried to work it with one Latin teacher across the Middle schools and the schedule just doesn't work
of the nine applications we found, only three we would bring in for interviews
elementary Spanish teachers would transfer into other positions in the elementary schools
This is a slippery slope that we have been going down with the foreign language programs
The top 10 percent of students were the ones qualifying for the Level 2
It was not a great situation for anyone involved
Maybe an after school or summer school but trying to do it piecemeal wouldn't get real gains from it
I think we need a meeting on the foreign language program as there are pieces flying away
Maybe the meeting wouldn't help us, it is a big change and deserves more attention
We had dropped French to put Latin because it helped in other areas
There is difficulty in finding qualified and certified Latin teachers especially in the middle school area
We would still prefer to have Latin but we can find the right folks to provide the service
230 Latin students in 6th and 7th grade would go into next year as a first year in Spanish?
How to handle them remains to be detailed.
Franklin, MA
- Facilities MOU
- Foreign Language
covers the agreement for the Town providing the maintenance of the school buildings and grounds
only significant change is term of agreement, proposing to go out five years
still maintains a yearly review with an option for either side to come back and re-do the agreement
Foreign Language
exploring changes to the program
Elementary (K-5) has been cut each year since 2005
eliminate K-5 Spanish and replace with additional programs on health/wellness
students would have PE/Health twice a week
pilot programs with YMCA on food and nutritional items
i.e. addressing the bullying and increase the physical activities
data from MetroWest Foundation reports show need for more foundational work in this area
The "Let's Be Honest" programs held this year were well received
teaching kids about good decision making
start small and gradually develop a full K-5 program
Open Circle would still continue, it is a reactive program, a problem resolution system
we would be adding an instructional piece to enhance that
Yes, we are loosing something. What we are putting back is not what we had sometime ago
It saddens us to make these choices
The Kennedy students who came earlier and showed what they were doing with food, that is a result from the grant work with the Y
We used to say "we are really proud of the Spanish program", now it is all gone
I didn't feel it was responsible for us to take data without providing some guidance to the students on the choices they can make
Middle School foreign language
proposing to eliminate Latin as a foreign language
we have struggled to find certified and qualified teachers in this area
we have had 8 teachers in 4 years, we have looked at different areas to bring the best qualified teachers
maybe this is the time to focus on the high school Latin program and just have Spanish at the middle schools
we tried to work it with one Latin teacher across the Middle schools and the schedule just doesn't work
of the nine applications we found, only three we would bring in for interviews
elementary Spanish teachers would transfer into other positions in the elementary schools
This is a slippery slope that we have been going down with the foreign language programs
The top 10 percent of students were the ones qualifying for the Level 2
It was not a great situation for anyone involved
Maybe an after school or summer school but trying to do it piecemeal wouldn't get real gains from it
I think we need a meeting on the foreign language program as there are pieces flying away
Maybe the meeting wouldn't help us, it is a big change and deserves more attention
We had dropped French to put Latin because it helped in other areas
There is difficulty in finding qualified and certified Latin teachers especially in the middle school area
We would still prefer to have Latin but we can find the right folks to provide the service
230 Latin students in 6th and 7th grade would go into next year as a first year in Spanish?
How to handle them remains to be detailed.
Franklin, MA
School Committee - building committee update
d. FHS Building Update
Tom Mercer, Sean Fennel
Daedelus worked on the Annie Sullivan School, Fire Station, Senior Center and Horace Mann projects. Have now been selected to work on the FHS renovation project.
22 firms showed up for a walk through of the high school
9 submitted proposals for the first phase of the project
Projected timeline, best guess at this point
midway through architect selection
July 13th going before the MSBA board (target date)
Town will have option to interview firms at that meeting, interviews would be scheduled later
Coming out of the interviews would be a leading firm and contract negotiations by mid-August
MSBA Board needs to vote on the feasibility study, which is targeted for March 2011
Schematic design approval is required and targeted in Sept/Oct 2011
Then within 120 days of the MSBA approval, the Franklin voters need to approve their portion (i.e. Nov 2011 vote for the debt exclusion as mentioned earlier)
MSBA Board and three designated representatives to chose the architect
One each from the School Dept, Town, and School Committee
This group would be the ones to conduct the interviews and make the final decision on the architect
Q - when and where would the interviews be?
Interviews would be held two weeks later (after the July 13th meeting), in Boston, in the same room
All meetings are public
Q - are you reviewing the proposals now?
Yes, they are being reviewed. The Board is responsible for the decision on the proposals. The MSBA Board has 12 members plus the 3 designated reps as outlined above.
Q - when would be the debt exclusion?
According to the timeline, likely Nov 2011
Q - when would the construction be completed?
Too early to tell, we don't know what the work will be at this point
Franklin, MA
Tom Mercer, Sean Fennel
Daedelus worked on the Annie Sullivan School, Fire Station, Senior Center and Horace Mann projects. Have now been selected to work on the FHS renovation project.
22 firms showed up for a walk through of the high school
9 submitted proposals for the first phase of the project
Projected timeline, best guess at this point
midway through architect selection
July 13th going before the MSBA board (target date)
Town will have option to interview firms at that meeting, interviews would be scheduled later
Coming out of the interviews would be a leading firm and contract negotiations by mid-August
MSBA Board needs to vote on the feasibility study, which is targeted for March 2011
Schematic design approval is required and targeted in Sept/Oct 2011
Then within 120 days of the MSBA approval, the Franklin voters need to approve their portion (i.e. Nov 2011 vote for the debt exclusion as mentioned earlier)
MSBA Board and three designated representatives to chose the architect
One each from the School Dept, Town, and School Committee
This group would be the ones to conduct the interviews and make the final decision on the architect
Q - when and where would the interviews be?
Interviews would be held two weeks later (after the July 13th meeting), in Boston, in the same room
All meetings are public
Q - are you reviewing the proposals now?
Yes, they are being reviewed. The Board is responsible for the decision on the proposals. The MSBA Board has 12 members plus the 3 designated reps as outlined above.
Q - when would be the debt exclusion?
According to the timeline, likely Nov 2011
Q - when would the construction be completed?
Too early to tell, we don't know what the work will be at this point
Franklin, MA
School Committee - Maggie Streeter
c. Maggie Streeter (Annie Sullivan Middle School) John F. Kennedy Make A Difference Award
recognized for work on the Best Buddies program
Franklin, MA
recognized for work on the Best Buddies program
Franklin, MA
School Committee - community service
b. Annie Sullivan Middle School (ASMS) Communiteen Club
Pennies for Patients
Raised over $5,000 for Leukemia Research among other projects.
Franklin, MA
Pennies for Patients
Raised over $5,000 for Leukemia Research among other projects.
Franklin, MA
School Committee - Retirees
2. Guests/Presentations
a. Retirees
Franklin, MA
a. Retirees
- Anne Bergen, HMMS Principal
- Judi Bassignani, Parmenter Elementary Principal
- Joyce Bardol – ASMS Teacher
- Unable to attend: Linda Chelman, Jane Sveden, Elizabeth LaPlaca
Franklin, MA
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