Franklin Matters

Friday, November 16, 2012

Pack 126: Annual Pancake Breakfast

Saturday Dec. 1 from 8:00 - 11:00 AM

Elks Hall 1077 Pond St. Franklin

Pictures with Santa for $3

Themed raffle baskets $1 per ticket

All you can eat pancake breakfast $6 per person, children 2 and under and scouts in uniform are free.

2012 Annual St. John's Christmas Fair

This year St. John's Christmas Fair will be held Saturday, December 1^st from 9am - 3pm in the St. John's Parish Hall located at 237 Pleasant Street in Franklin, MA.

There will be homemade gift baskets, Cookie Walk, pastry table, as well as hot soup and coffee to enjoy.

Pictures with Santa as well as other activities for the kids!

Join us for a fun day!

In the News: NationalGrid, all night party, Division 1

Franklin officials to meet with National Grid, again

by Matt Tota/Daily News staff

All night party parent meeting set in Franklin

by Zachary Comeau/Daily News correspondent

Local student-athletes agree to go Division I

by Jessica Trufant/STAFF WRITER

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Under budget and a gem!

The Milford Daily News article on the School Building Committee update of the new Franklin High School is here

New Franklin High will be a gem, architect says

by Matt Tota/Daily News Staff

The new media center and library as depicted in design documents.

My live reporting of the Schools Building Committee meeting can be found here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/11/live-reporting-high-school-update.html

and here

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/11/live-reporting-question-and-answer.html

The agenda document for the meeting:

"substantial long-term consequences"

This morning, while reading of the new high school building project and construction phases, there is also an article touting research on the cost of high school dropouts. An interesting combination of articles!

In a push for more programs to re-enroll students who have dropped out, the education research group the Rennie Center Tuesday released a report on the statewide impact of dropouts.

The average Bay State dropout costs taxpayers $122,000 over the course of his or her lifetime, the report said, through cash assistance and benefits including food stamps, health care and housing subsidies.

Read more: With dropouts, taxpayers also pay a price - Franklin, MA - Wicked Local Franklin http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x35739381/With-dropouts-taxpayers-also-pay-a-price#ixzz2CHrFSrb1

Additional information on the study released can be found here
http://www.renniecenter.org/events/121113_event.html

The Complete presentation by the Rennie Center can be viewed here:

Downtown Holiday Decorating Day-Sunday-9:00

Decorating Day is this Sunday-9:00 am

Please remember to clean out your flower barrels this week!

Sponsors are needed to help cover the costs of Decorating the Downtown Center-Please see attached form

For more information about the Holiday and Winter Decorating Day contact Eileen Mason at emason11@verizon.net.

Downtown Partnership, Garden Club to Decorate for Holidays

Anyone who would like to volunteer for the annual Holiday and Winter Decorating Day will meet Eileen Mason, chairperson of the event, at 9:00 a.m. on the center island downtown. Community service hours are available for students, and groups and teams are encouraged to participate.

"We need volunteers and sponsors to help support our efforts to spruce up downtown Franklin," says Mason. "We are always happy to have volunteer labor, and donations help us offset the cost of our materials. We would love to have a major sponsor step in to help with our plans."

According to Mason, beautification is an on-going effort and materials for the year can add up to $5,000. The group plants in the spring, weeds and waters all summer, cleans up in the fall, decorates for the holidays and plans during the winter.