The School Building Committee delivered this presentation at the School Committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb 28, 2012.
New Franklin High School: Educational Design Features - Revised
Note: this is an update version of the presentation!
As soon as the video of the meeting is available, it will be linked to here.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
"a great opportunity for the students"
“It’s a beautiful, beautiful plan,” member Pamela McIntyre said. “I completely support this. This is something that absolutely needs to happen.”
School Building Committee Chairman and Town Councilor Thomas Mercer, high school Principal Peter Light and Ai3 architect Jim Jordan gave a presentation on the project last night, the board’s first since the Massachusetts School Building Authority approved the new school in January.
They explained many of the points already aired to other committees in town.
The proposed school is expected to cost $104.6 million, but substantial reimbursement from the state means the town would pay about $47 million.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1911642689/Franklin-School-Committee-members-in-favor-of-new-high-school#ixzz1nlmCS5xr
Respectfully, "many of the points already aired to other committees in town" may indeed be accurate for those who have heard about this project. The major financial points, date for the vote, etc. those have not changed. In the presentations that I have been able to attend, there are many details shown here for the first time. I heartily recommend viewing the presentation itself. The layout of the building, the slide details shown bring out some features not previously revealed. The walking distance between classes, the cluster arrangement, the layout of the new building super-imposed over the layout of the existing... All impressive points!
Attention: Franklin Investment-type Property Owners
Real Estate Income & Expense Filing Deadline Income & Expense data requests were mailed January 19, 2012 for all parcels (including utility easements, however excepting totally vacant land) classified Commercial, Industrial, Apartment (4 or more units) and Mixed Use. These Income & Expense (I & E) Forms about the operation of the Real Estate are due to file in the Office of the Board of Assessors on or before March 19, 2012.
Failure of an owner or lessee of real property to comply with such request within 60 days after it has been made by the Board of Assessors shall be automatic grounds for dismissal of a filing at the Appellate Tax Board.
If an owner or lessee of Class one, residential (e.g. apartment or mixed use) property fails to submit the information within the time and in the form prescribed, the owner shall be assessed an additional penalty for the next ensuing tax year in the amount of $50.
If an owner or lessee of Class three, commercial or Class four, industrial property fails to submit the information within the time and in the form prescribed, the owner or lessee shall be assessed an additional penalty for the next ensuing tax year in the amount of $250.
If you did not receive an Income & Expense Form, please request one in writing by mail or in person at our office.
Board of Assessors information
http://franklinma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/FranklinMA_Assessors/index
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Meeting to talk about the future of Franklin
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The public is invited to a workshop on the future of Franklin tomorrow night at 6. (Yes, that really is today - Wednesday, Feb 29)
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Wadsworth Diary - Feb 28, 1858
Pleasant (or rather hazy) & warm 34 above zero Went to meeting all day. Mr. Hooker preached. The secretary of the Mass Home Missionary Society went to meeting in the eve at Dea Whitings with Jos & Sarah. Mr. Hooker preached.
In the 1850s, on a busy working farm in the southern part of Franklin, a man named George Wadsworth started writing in a journal about everyday events. When he filled that journal, he bought another, and filled that up too. Two dozen journals, and 27 years later, he had written about almost everything that can happen in a small New England town. His words were lost to history until 1986, when town resident Gail Lembo came across some of the journals at a yard sale.
From the Franklin Historical Museum website
http://www.franklinhistoricalmuseum.com/p/wadsworth-diaries_30.html
Hold the date - March 15
How cool that the 15th Annual Trivia Bee will be held on March 15th!
FEF Trivia Bee Flyer 2012
Hold the date on your calendar!
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FEF Trivia Bee Flyer 2012
Hold the date on your calendar!
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