"building a kiosk to hold things like trail maps"

Milford Daily News reports on Christopher Rich, a 16-year-old Scout with Troop 126, who Eagle Scout project is building a kiosk at the DelCarte Property.

Rich said he hoped the project would allow Franklin residents to enjoy the land, a 126-acre parcel that sits along Pleasant Street. 

"When I first started, I was amazed that it was such a beautiful place," he said. "I love conservation, and I'd love to make this property more accessible to people in town. The kiosk will be a place where people can put up information on things going on in town, and we made the trail much more usable."

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1910060045/Boy-Scout-wrapping-up-Eagle-Project-in-Franklin#ixzz2UOiFs44f

DelCarte, sunny day Oct 2010

Related posts on the DelCarte Property

The proposal to fund the playground and trail improvements
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/03/delcarte-recreation-proposal.html

Where is the DelCarte Property?
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2010/10/where-is-delcarte-property.html

A brief video from a Sunday morning, Dec 2012
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/12/delcarte-property-video.html

Notes from my first tour of DelCarte in Oct 2010
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2010/10/franklin-ma-delcarte-tour.html

Franklin Library: Craft Circle

Craft Circle

craft circle - Franklin Library

Franklin Public Library - 118 Main Street Franklin MA 02038 - 508.520.4940

"We strategically add seats"

Today's issue of the Milford Daily News reviews the school choice program and how local districts use it. Franklin stopped adding students via school choice in 2007 due to the budget cuts.

Under the School Choice program, public school districts can vote to accept students from outside their district. The student’s home district pays the receiving district a tuition of up to $5,000 each year a student is enrolled in the receiving district. Districts that join School Choice can limit how many students they want to accept each year, but cannot remove a student once he or she enrolls through the program. 

Since School Choice was created in 1991, out-of-district students have enrolled in the Holliston school system at a high rate, drawn by the district’s French immersion classes and Montessori education, said Superintendent Brad Jackson. 

This year was no exception as 120 out-of-district students enrolled in the Holliston school system through School Choice, while just six students left the district through the program. Through the program, the district received about $650,000 in revenue, which Jackson said is used to offset budget costs and reduce the impact on Holliston’s taxpayers.

Read the full article here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x776195535/School-Choice-a-boon-for-local-districts?rssfeed=true&utm_source=feedly#axzz2UOfO6EtM


Related articles
The history of school choice enrollments was covered in a Jan 2013 School Committee meeting
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/04/franklin-public-schools-school-choice.html

Coverage of the School Committee decision to opt out of school choice in 2012
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/01/schools-opt-out-of-school-choice.html

Rain Delay - May 25th Event moved to June 1st

Hello Gardeners and Friends, 

Due to the inclement weather this weekend we are postponing this weekends event until Saturday June 1st from 9am to noon.  With nearly two inches of rainfall the ground needs to dry out a bit before it can be safely worked, and with the very cold overnight lows tender seedlings are at risk. 

We are considering having plants for sale both June 1st and 2nd.  If you are interested in attending on the 2nd please let us know! 

Community Garden - May 2012

We hope you can still join us for a day of planting and getting the garden ready for the growing season next week.  We'll have organic plant starts on sale to help your garden get started right, and we'll be working on general maintenance of the garden as a whole.  Weeding, spreading wood-chips, and other work the garden needs.  We'll also be starting a pollinator garden at the garden to help bring in the beneficial bugs that the beds need for bumper crops.  Please come lend a hand!   

For all plot holders please remember that you need to participate in at least one work day each season.  There will be work days at least once a month. 

Good Gardening, 

The Franklin Community Garden Committee

Franklin High School - Lacrosse Playoff schedule

Divison I - Boys
#17 Franklin (12-6) will travel to #16 Framingham (12-5) on May 29th, at 5:00 p.m. 


Divison I - Girls
#4 Franklin (16-2) will host #13 Norwood (9-7-2) on May 29th, at 4:00 p.m. 


You can find all the spring sports playoff schedules and results for the Hockomock League at http://www.hockomocksports.com/index.html

In the News: science fair, veterans breakfast

Franklin teen wins state science fair

In a project that won first prize at a state science fair earlier this month, local teenager Dylan Martin sought to document the effects controlled doses of "alarm" pheromones have on red harvester ants.

In Franklin, a ritual of remembrance

Veterans Agent Bob Fahey led nearly 100 people in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance on Friday at the annual Memorial Day breakfast.

Half day - early start to the weekend

Only a half school day today.

parmenter sign

The teachers are not so lucky. They have a professional day to work on the new evaluation process coming to MA school districts. A report in the Boston Globe today bemoans the fact that 92% of the teachers were rated proficient or exemplary. I didn't get to the full set of statistics but it could be a fair reflection of reality if 9-10 percent are 'exemplary'. But the media only like to highlight the bad news and by structuring the headline to combine categories, it implies that most are exemplary. Enough ranting. Too early in the morning for that. Especially ahead of a nice long weekend!