Franklin Matters

Friday, March 11, 2022

Franklin's Event Outlook: Mar 11, 2022 to Mar 17, 2022

A variety of this to do this weekend while we also remember to turn our clocks ahead an hour (Spring forward): Winter Farmers Market, performances of the Drowsy Chaperone, Sunday Speaker, LiveArts concert, and a twin brothers comedy show.

Was it pure coincidence that the performances of Drowsy Chaperone are scheduled for the daylight savings time change?

Saturday, March 12
9:30am - St Mary's Women's Faith Formation
10:00am - Winter Farmers Market
10:00am - Historical Museum (always free)
7:30pm - Drowsy Chaperone

Sunday, March 13
Daylight Saving Time starts
1:00pm - Historical Museum (always free)
1:15pm - Bumbling Through the Hindu Kush – A Memoir of Fear and Kindness in Afghanistan
2:00pm - Drowsy Chaperone
3:00pm - LiveARTS: Michael Lewin, piano
7:00pm - The Rescignos

Thursday, March 17

St. Patrick's Day

8:30am - Town Council Office Hours

6:00pm - Disney Trivia Night - FHS Hiking Club

7:00pm - Brad Pierce - Comedy in the Taproom (67 Degrees)

Find the full calendar https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Town meeting calendar is found https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar

The School district calendar is found https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26

Community Calendar

The Rescignos scheduled to perform at THE BLACK BOX - March 13 at 7 PM

Twin brothers Paul Rescigno and Robbie Rescigno write and star in a comedy show with original music. The Rescigno brothers' eponymous show has played regularly to sold-out crowds at The Duplex in NYC since 2009, winning both the 2011 Nightlife Award and the 2011 Bistro Award.

Critic Roy Sander writes of the show, "....brilliant...I would be hard put to think of anyone I would rather be entertained by for an hour than The Rescignos." Cabaret Scenes' Rob Lester says, "The Rescigno twins raise sibling squabbling to an art form." Paul and Robbie add, "We also look pretty good in our sweater vests."

This show is PG-13

Please note our safety measures to protect our artists, staff, and audience - masks will be required for all patrons, regardless of vaccination status. Masks must be worn at all times, except while actively eating or drinking.

Get your tickets online -> https://www.theblackboxonline.com/events.php?id=1551

The Rescignos scheduled to perform at THE BLACK BOX - March 13 at 7 PM

Tri-County names Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2022

The Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School District is pleased to announce the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2022. Shriya Sivakumar, of Seekonk, has been named Valedictorian, and Emily Matheson, of Medway, has been named Salutatorian.

Tri-County’s Valedictorian, Shriya, is an Engineering Technology and Advanced Manufacturing student and maintains the highest cumulative GPA of 4.545. Since her sophomore year, Shriya has served on the Student Council and is currently the President. She also joined Students in Action, National Honor Society, and became a Student Representative during her junior year.

Shriya Sivakumar

In addition to mastering rigorous academic classes, Shriya volunteers at the Miriam Hospital, helping in the transport of patients. You can find Shriya working at her cooperative position at S.W. Cole Engineering or at Barnes and Noble, working as a part-time bookseller when she is not volunteering.

Shriya is looking forward to pursuing a degree in Biology/Biological Sciences from a university in the Northeast and traveling after graduation.

Tri-County’s Salutatorian, Emily Matheson, maintains a cumulative 4.504 GPA as an Engineering Technology and Advanced Manufacturing student. While maintaining a demanding academic schedule, Emily has earned real-world experience at CSI Groups as a Parts Finishing and Quality Control Intern and currently as an intern at Allurion Technologies in Natick.

Emily Matheson

In addition to being a dedicated student, Emily enjoys giving back to her community. She serves as a CCD Volunteer at St. Joseph’s in Medway and as a Girl Scout where she helped make holiday boxes for the elderly and collected debris from public parks as part of an initiative to help educate the community about environmental issues.

Emily will pursue a degree in Biomedical Engineering and pursue a career in research.

Both Shriya and Emily called out the NASA HUNCH program as their favorite projects during their time at Tri-County. HUNCH is a collaboration between NASA and high schools nationwide. Working with a team and attempting to solve issues currently facing astronauts was challenging but rewarding.

“It is a pleasure to recognize Shriya and Emily as top scholars. Their hard work exemplifies our ‘Work Hard, Today Counts’ motto, and we know they will excel in their future endeavors. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for each of our graduates.” Karen Maguire, Superintendent.

As Valedictorian and Salutatorian, Shriya and Emily will lead the graduation procession and are scheduled to address their classmates at the Commencement Ceremony scheduled for Sunday, June 5, 2022.

School Committee hears and discusses the recommended FY 2023 school budget (audio & transcript)

FM #749 = This is the Franklin Matters Radio show, number 749 in the series.

This session of the radio show shares the Franklin, MA School Committee meeting held Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

The bulk of the meeting was the presentation and discussion on the Superintendents recommended budget for FY 2023.

NEW: A transcript of the recording is available. The transcript is part of a pilot by Franklin Matters using the transcription service provided by Otter.ai https://otter.ai/

The meeting opened at 7 PM and ran approx. 2 hours and 46 minutes.

Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-749-school-committee-mtg-03-08-22

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Meeting packet folder -> https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/march-8-2022-school-committee-meeting

Budget tab (with this proposed budget and prior budgets) -> https://www.franklinps.net/district/school-district-budget

Meeting transcript -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WeSfm-NIzFTNoFnkiwV1vHQXXdxhLLZV/view?usp=sharing

My notes -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BlZ3HbwBxRkDbcyRu6GKp6GpflnW2Tfs/view?usp=sharing

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School Committee hears and discusses the recommended FY 2023 school budget

Attn: 8th Graders: Registration opens for High School Experience - Aug 9 & 10

HSE Franklin (@HseFranklin) tweeted Thu, Mar 10, 2022:

Attention incoming FHS 9th graders!! Join us at the 2022 High School Experience - August 9 & 10!

Check our program out https://t.co/dvnRrc4AaK

and sign up at: https://t.co/k5QL402H0Q

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/HseFranklin/status/1501949032050032654

Register your kids for this Vaccine Clinic - Mar 16, 2022

The Franklin Department of Health is hosting a vaccine clinic on March 16 for kids ages 5-11.

See flyer for details!

https://twitter.com/TOFranklinMA/status/1499812687248822274

Vaccine Clinic for kids - Mar 16, 2022

Watch the FHS Indoor Track participants at New Balance Nationals today & Sunday!

"Good luck to the athletes in NYC this weekend for New Balance Nationals Indoors! Tyler Powderly in the 400M Friday at 11:58 and girls 4x4 (Anna Cliff, Olivia Costa, Sarah Dumas, Jill Fenerty) Sunday at 1:35."