FHS baseball tops Mansfield 5-4 on Sunday

Via HockomockSports, we share the results of the FHS sports action on Sunday, Apr 14, 2019


"Baseball = Mansfield, 4 @ Franklin, 5 – Final
– Franklin junior Liam Dailey shined in relief, tossing four shutout innings to help the Panthers edge visiting Mansfield. The Hornets scored four runs over the first three innings but Dailey was nearly flawless in his four innings of work, allowing no hits, runs, or walks, striking out one with one hit batter. 

Mansfield went up 1-0 in the top of the second but Franklin responded with two runs in the bottom half. Dan Markowski knocked in Cooper Ross (2-for-3, run) to tie it, and Brennan Rivera plated JB Floris (2-for-2, RBI, run) to make it 2-1. Dan Saraceno blasted a two-run home run in the top of the third, highlighting a three-run inning for the Hornets. 

But once again, Franklin had an answer with three runs of its own. Jake Macchi plated two with a double to tie the game, and Floris brought Macchi home with a sacrifice fly for the winning-run."

The only result for the Hockomock League on Sunday
https://hockomocksports.com/sundays-schedule-scoreboard-04-14-19/

FHS Panthers

FPS SPRING ART HIGHLIGHTS (video)

Already missing great art at FPS after one day of vacation? We've got you covered! WATCH: "FPS SPRING ART HIGHLIGHTS"
https://twitter.com/FranklinPSart/status/1117535217722494979

27 Franklin residents scheduled to start the Boston Marathon

As the Boston Marathon gets underway on Monday, there are 27 Franklin residents scheduled to start this race. 16 men and 11 women with the following distribution by age group.

Age Group	M	W	T
20's	4	3	7
30's	3	3	6
40's	7	1	8
50's	2	3	5
60's	0	1	1
	16	11	27

27 Franklin residents scheduled to start the Boston Marathon - 2019

For more info about the runners and the race visit BAA.org/ or go directly to

https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon

27 Franklin residents scheduled to start the Boston Marathon

Disclosure: I am proud to be working for John Hancock, one of the major sponsors of the Boston Marathon.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephensherlock/

Video replay of April 9 School Committee meeting available

The School Committee meeting of April 9, 2019 is available for replay at your leisure. Thanks to Franklin TV for their work in recording and sharing.

http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerController.aspx?PGD=franknma&eID=638

screen grab of broadcast while reporting remotely

My notes of the meeting and associated links to documents released for this session.
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/04/school-committee-recap-23m-in-school.html

Franklin ArtWeek: Chestnut Street Revue - May 4

As part of Franklin’s ArtWeek this year, the Chestnut Street Revue will offer an evening of music on Saturday, May 4, from 7 - 9:30 PM at the First Universalist Society of Franklin, 262 Chestnut Street, Franklin, MA 02038. 

From jazz to classical, from rock and roll to acoustic guitar, this evening is sure to please everyone with its diversity and sheer entertainment value! Come see Franklin’s very own homegrown talent! 

The performance is free. During intermission, gourmet desserts will be available for purchase.

An open rehearsal will take place on Thursday, May 2 from 7 - 8:30 PM for a sneak preview of Saturday’s performance and behind-the-scenes access to sound engineers at work.

Franklin ArtWeek: Chestnut Street Revue - May 4

School Committee Recap - $2.3M in school budget cuts outlined, School Start timeline to change

I was in Toronto on a business trip this week and unable to full participate in the School Committee meeting. I did manage to tap into the web cast after the school budget discussion and near the beginning of the School Start Times discussion.

While the cable broadcast did cut out at 10:00 PM, the webcast did not. I did tune out at the end of the start times discussion approx 10:15 PM and miss the remaining of the meeting agenda. We'll all need to catch up to the Franklin TV rebroadcast when it is available.

Highlight: School Budget
Programs and positions amounting to $2.3 million were found to reduce the budget deficit. The details are listed in the links below. 

The budget is scheduled for vote by the School Committee at their Apr 23 meeting. The school budget is scheduled for review and discussion at the Finance Committee meeting Apr 25. The Finance Committee is also scheduled for a vote that night on the full Franklin budget to send to the Town Council.  

The Town Council has their two budget hearings scheduled for May 22 and 23. The Council meeting of May 8 is scheduled to be a discussion and update from our State legislation delegation (Representative Roy and Senators Rausch and Spilka).

Time is getting short for scheduling an override vote to occur before the July 1 FY 2020 budget year begins. Without an override vote scheduled, this means the school budget will need to absorb the $2.3 million identified (or something similar that amounts to the same total). It also means that the school budget which was originally proposed to meet critical needs (and acknowledged to not meet them all) will certainly increase the critical needs NOT being meet for our future generation.

Superintendent Ahern addressing the SchComm and those in attendance re: school start times. #schcomm0409 pic.twitter.com/1gHAfJuH2h

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) April 10, 2019

Highlight: School Start Times
A number of folks stepped forward to comment for and against the school start time proposal. It was good to see so many showing up in person. Where were you all the past year? I hope you show as much engagement around the school budget (no matter what side you choose).

The Superintendent's proposal to formally close the Advisory Committee (a normal and expected action) along with the proposal to continue to work on the details for implementation is expected to be voted on at the Apr 23 meeting. The vote on a school start times proposal itself would not be until sometime later this year at the earliest. 

Amy Danahy speaking to the school start times issue at the #schcomm0409 meeting pic.twitter.com/gfVaqpWaYs

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) April 10, 2019

School budget page
https://www.franklinps.net/district/budget-information/pages/current-budget

Budget memo
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/files/budget-memo

$2.3M budget cuts outlined 
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/files/budget-reductions

SEL Update to School Committee - Apr 9, 2019 from Franklin Matters

Other documents for the Apr 9 meeting packet can be found online
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/april-9-2019-school-committee-meeting-packet

School Committee Recap - $2.3M in school budget cuts
outlined, School Start timeline to change

FHS boys lacrosse tops Newton North 17-8 on Saturday

Via HockomockSports, we share the results of the FHS sports action on Saturday, Apr 13, 2019


Baseball = Mansfield @ Franklin – Postponed to 4/14 at 11:00.

Softball = Franklin, 0 @ Bridgewater-Raynham, 3 – Final

Boys Lacrosse = Franklin, 17 vs. Newton North, 8 – Final 
– Owen Palmieri and Jake Davis each scored four goals and Matt Lazzaro had a hat trick, as the Panthers stayed unbeaten after their biggest test of the season so far. Will Davis made 13 saves in goal and Jacob Alexander (two goals) dominated the face-off ‘X’, winning 20-of-24 and losing only one of the 14 face-offs in the first half. 

Newton North scored a minute into the second quarter to close the gap to 5-4 but the Panthers rolled off an 11-2 run and scored 12 goals over the final 30 minutes of the game. Ben Greco fed Ben Kolb for a man-up goal to make it 6-4 and eight seconds later Alexander found Lazzaro for another goal. Kolb picked out Nitin Chaudhury with a great diagonal feed to add another score before half. 

Palmieri made it 9-4 early in the second with a goal while practically lying on the ground and the Panthers answered a Newton North goal by scoring twice in 11 seconds, first on a behind-the-back shot from Lazzaro and then Alexander went bar-down after another face-off win. Jake Davis and Palmieri added goals before the end of the third, both assisted by Greco, and Franklin had pulled away to lead 14-6 by the end of the third.

For a Photo Gallery from this game
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Spring-2019/Franklin-Newton-North-Boys-Lacrosse-4-13-19/


For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/saturdays-schedule-scoreboard-04-13-19/

Matt Lazzaro (4) and Own Palmieri (12) in action (HockomockSports photo)