Monday, January 31, 2011

Budget Workshop: Preliminary School Budget

The presentation used during Saturday's budget workshop for the FY 2012 budget for the Franklin (MA) Public Schools.

Franklin Public Schools FY2012 Preliminary Budget


My notes reported live from the Budget workshop can be found here and here

Note: Email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document


Franklin, MA

Getting squeezed

The i495 and King St intersection was completely re-done last year in a MassDOT project. The wide lanes disappear in the snow however so be very careful navigating there.


You really need to be skinny when you get squeezed into what was a full lane but is no longer and there is an 18 wheeler next to you. Be careful!


While the State did the reconstruction of the interchange, does any one know who is responsible for this section to be plowed: the State or Franklin?


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Tale of two sidewalks (part 2)

It is good to see that downtown businesses can be taken care of. After all, business is at the heart of Franklin.


From what I hear, some folks would like the sidewalks around schools to be given a little more attention.

Parmenter School looked like this Friday morning:


To be fair, I need to go back to Parmenter to see what it looks like today. The downtown picture was taken Saturday afternoon. The DPW do a tremendous job. They have not added personnel since the 1990's and their amount of roads to cover has grown in that time. One of the two sidewalk snow plows dates back to 1970's. But it all costs money!


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Work real hard to clear the snow!

Someone will need to be really energetic to clear all the snow with this mortar and pestle!


Stir, stir, stir!


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In the new - Simon's, efficient schools


Simon’s Furniture celebrates 100 years in Franklin

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National report: Franklin schools run efficiently




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Sunday, January 30, 2011

School Budget Workshop - hand out from Sat Jan 29, 2011

The handout from the Budget Workshop held on Saturday, Jan 29, 2011 is now available in PDF form.

Note: In the conversion from hard copy to PDF, page 1 of 4 in the budget detail section was inadvertently copied twice. Otherwise, the document is as handed out Saturday.

Franklin, MA Public Schools - Budget Workshop Handout 1/29/2011


My notes reported live from the Budget workshop can be found here and here

Note: Email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document


Franklin, MA