Sunday, April 22, 2018

Lifelong Community Learning: Parent & Child Cooking Class



Lifelong Community Learning
presents

Parent & Child Cooking Night
Lifelong Community Learning: Parent & Child Cooking Class


$25
Thursday, April 26
6:30 to 9:00 pm

Franklin High School
218 Oak Street, Franklin
Join us for Parent/Child Cooking Night and learn some new cooking "together" skills while enjoying the fruits of your family labor.

 Raviolis with a light sauce; a yummy tossed salad and homemade and frosted cupcakes.
LCL@franklinps.net     508-613-1480
FPS- Lifelong Community Learning, 218 Oak Street, Franklin, MA 02038

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MassBudget: The health effects of Paid Family and Medical Leave




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April 19, 2018






The health effects of Paid Family and Medical Leave

Health is influenced by a variety of factors, such as where people live, access to healthy foods, and affordability of health care. Policies that address a worker's ability to care for family members, like Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML), also shape health outcomes.
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's new report, Time to Care:The Health Effects of Paid Family & Medical Leave, finds that PFML can have a range of effects on child health, parental health, and senior health.
The report explores the different impacts PFML has on health outcomes, which include:
  • Reducing negative effects that particular aspects of work have on pregnant women, many of which are associated with delivery complications.
  • Benefits to children's and mothers' health through increased rates and duration of breastfeeding when mothers are able to take leave.
  • More time for parents to bond with newborns, recover from childbirth, and take young children to the doctor.
  • Improvement of mothers' mental health when they have access to job-protected, paid leave.
  • More time for workers to care for elder relatives.
MassBudget: The health effects of Paid Family and Medical Leave
Read the full report here.
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts.

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Saturday, April 21, 2018

2nd Annual Earth Day Celebration at White Barn Farm - April 22

"Join us for our 2nd Annual Earth Day Celebration at White Barn Farm 
Learn, Create, Challenge Yourself, Get your Face Painted and Pet a Goat! 
Celebrate all of the magic that Mother Earth provides us, connect with your local producers and the community we have cultivated here on this tiny point on the planet! 
This IS a fundraiser (for the farm), so we will be selling tickets to participate in most activities (carnival style). The parking fee is $10 and includes 5 tickets. In honor of Earth Day, Walkers and Bikers get 5 FREE tickets! Otherwise, Activity Tickets are $2 each. Bring Cash! We can charge your credit card if you are buying $10 or more. 
Katy Riley, farmer at Treehouse Farms and talented artist, made our supercool poster:"
2nd Annual Earth Day Celebration at White Barn Farm - April 22
2nd Annual Earth Day Celebration at White Barn Farm - April 22
There is a long list of activities for Earth Fest, visit their page for details
http://whitebarnfarm.org/earthfest-2018

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FHS girls lacrosse and boys tennis post wins on Friday

Via HockomockSports and Twitter we share the results of the FHS spring sports action on Friday, April 20, 2018.
Girls Lacrosse = Franklin, 11 vs. Bishop Feehan, 4 – Final

"After scoring just over one minute into the game, the Franklin girls lacrosse team struggled to find the back of the net for much of the first half. 
Despite eight shots on goal during the half, Bishop Feehan goalie Maggie Roberts came up with big save after big save to deny the Panthers, and with 1:06 left to go in the half, the Shamrocks led 2-1. 
Kelsey McCallum scored off a shooting space penalty to tie the game at 2-2, and milliseconds before the buzzer sounded to end the half, Hailey Toolin found the back of the net to put Franklin up 3-2. 
Those two goals proved to be the spark that Franklin needed, as in the second half their offense broke through with eight goals en route to an 11-4 victory over Bishop Feehan."
Continue reading the recap by Joe Clark, HockomockSports.com Student Reporter
https://hockomocksports.com/franklins-offense-breaks-through-against-feehan/
Baseball = Taunton, 2 @ Franklin, 0 – Final

"The temperatures may have been hovering around 40 degrees and fans and players alike were bundled up as though it were mid-February rather than the middle of April, but Taunton starting pitcher Jack Moynihan was not bothered by the cold. He came out throwing heat and dominated from the opening pitch of Friday’s early season night game at Franklin. 
Moynihan struck out the first five batters he faced and closed the game by striking out five Panthers over the last two innings. He finished with 15 strikeouts on the evening, allowed only three hits, and tossed a complete game shutout, as Taunton walked away with a 2-0 victory to remain unbeaten. 
“Phenomenal,” said Taunton coach Blair Bourque of Moynihan’s night. “Getting ahead with his fastball first time around and then mixing it up but getting ahead. He did a great job.”
Continue reading the game recap by Josh Perry, the Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com
https://hockomocksports.com/taunton-baseball-ride-moynihan-gem-to-win-at-franklin/

 Photos from the baseball game can be found online
 https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/20172018/Spring-2018/Franklin-Taunton-Baseball-4-20-18/
Boys Tennis = Franklin, 5 @ Taunton, 0 – Final 
– Franklin continued its perfect start with a sweep on the road at Taunton. Rohan Herur won a battle at first singles, emerging with a 7-5, 6-4 win while Liam Marr (6-2, 6-0) and Saketh Saripalli (6-0, 6-0) also picked up wins to sweep singles play. The team of Tyler DiPalma and Derek Wu won 6-1, 6-1 at first doubles while Tony Calderone and Dan Angermeier didn’t lose a game in a 6-0, 6-0 win at second doubles.

 Girls Tennis =  Taunton, 5 @ Franklin, 0 – Final 
– Taunton dropped just two games total in four matches to get a win on the road. Jillian Pagliuca won 6-0, 6-0 at first singles, Vanessa Rosa picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win at second singles, and Jocelyn Pagliuca won by forfeit at third singles. Samantha Martin and McKenzie Lucie (first singles) and the team of Amanda Pugh and Kayla Parrett (second doubles) both won without losing a game.

For the other results around the Hockomock League on Friday
 https://hockomocksports.com/fridays-schedule-scoreboard-04-20-18/

FHS baseball in action
FHS baseball in action

















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MassBudget: House Ways and Means budget proposal adds funding to early ed, rental voucher program

With the Franklin budget cycle fully underway, keeping track of what is happening at the State level is important as approx 25% of the Franklin budget is funded by money from the State.


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HWM FY 2019 budget proposal adds funding to early education, rental voucher program

The House Ways and Means (HWM) Committee's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposal largely aligns with the Governor's proposal, but differs in a number of areas.

The MassBudget's latest Budget Monitor finds the HWM Committee's budget proposal provides additional funding in:
  • Early Education and Care. The HWM budget provides $20.0 million for Center-Based Child Care Rate Increases to improve early education quality by increasing the rates paid by the state to child care providers. That funding should aid in increasing salary, benefits, and professional development for early educators. The HWM Committee also proposes $8.5 million for a new initiative focused on professional development for early educators facilitated by Massachusetts community colleges.
  • K-12 Education.This budget provides $33.5 million more in Chapter 70 Aid (and related reserves) than the Governor proposed. In addition, it funds grant programs at $20.8 million more than the Governor recommended. This includes an added $9.5 million for charter school reimbursements and $8.9 million more for special education costs.
  • Housing. This budget proposal would increase funding for the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) to $100.0 million, which is $7.3 million more than FY 2018. MRVP provides housing vouchers to help low-income families, including those living in emergency assistance shelters, secure housing.
  • MassHealth. To reduce costs to the state, the Governor proposed moving 140,000 low-income adults off MassHealth coverage and into subsidized commercial coverage funded through the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund and the Health Connector. The Administration had also proposed reforming coverage and pricing for pharmaceutical drugs. The HWM budget does not include these proposals.
Without any significant revenue sources beyond those in the Governor's budget, the HWM budget funds these differences largely by underfunding various accounts - such as for the removal of snow and ice from state roads - that likely need to be funded eventually. This risks leading to challenges maintaining a balanced budget during the upcoming fiscal year.

One new initiative on which the Governor and the HWM Committee agree is the expansion of the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The EITC raises the incomes of lower wage working families and has been found to improve long term education and health outcomes for children in those households.

The rest of this Budget Monitor examines the HWM budget proposals for major state programs in greater detail, comparing them to the Governor's proposals and to the amounts budgeted in FY 2018. As noted above, the FY 2018 budget appropriated less than is expected to be spent in several accounts. A supplemental budget was recently approved by the House (and is now pending in the Senate) that provides additional funding for those accounts and others. When particularly relevant, we include those projected spending levels in the analysis as well. Links from the Table of Contents below allow readers to jump to specific sections. Each section provides links to our online budget tools including our Budget Browser (which provides funding information for every account in the state budget going back to FY 2001) and, where applicable, to our Children's Budget.

Read the full report here.
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts.

MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER
15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700
BOSTON, MA 02108

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one effect of the drop in early education funding is the loss of the Kindergarten grant that Franklin used to provide aids in the K classrooms
one effect of the drop in early education funding is the loss of the Kindergarten grant that Franklin used to provide teacher aides in the K classrooms
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Franklin Art Association: May 2, 2018 Meeting - "Social Media for the Artist"

The Franklin Art Association will meet on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street in Franklin. 

 Refreshments and social time will begin at 6:30 PM followed by a short business meeting and a presentation on Social Media for the Artist. Meetings are free and open to the public. 

 For more information log on to www.franklinart.org.
Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street in Franklin
Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street in Franklin
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Library Book Sale weekend - Sat-Sun - $1 per book

Franklin Public Library Book Sale, Saturday, April 21, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The bag sale is scheduled for Sunday, April 22 from 9:00 AM to noon.

Library Book Sale weekend - Sat-Sun
Library Book Sale weekend - Sat-Sun

This was shared from the Library page
https://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2018/04/franklin-public-library-book-sale.html

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