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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Councilors Closing Comments (audio)
Time: 8 minutes, 36 seconds
MP3 File
Town Administrator's Report (audio)
Time: 2 minutes, 24 seconds
MP3 File
Jeff Nutting on the Capital Outlook (audio)
Time: 51 minutes, 57 seconds
MP3 File
Motion on License Renewals (audio)
Time: 3 minutes, 37 seconds
MP3 File
Proclamation: C Geromini (audio)
Time: 3 minutes, 56 seconds
MP3 File
Announcement: Planning Board Positions (audio)
Time: 22 seconds
MP3 File
Franklin's MCAS Results (Audio)
Time: 56 minutes, 44 seconds
MP3 File
Franklin Schools - MCAS Report for 2007
The report can be found on the district web site so you can follow along with the recording.
The audio for this presentation can be found here.
(Note: There is a delay during the beginning of the presentation as the presentation laptop is rebooted. Superintendent Ogden fills in the time with an update on a special education teacher that will need to be hired to meet the requirements of two 3-year olds registering in the district during February. They are hearing impaired.)
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My notes taken during the presentation
EQA audit
4 -Commendations for district
Higher MCAS scores
Strong curriculum alignment with state frameworks
Professional development
Mentoring program
“High performing” district
Aggregate outperformed the state
105 students awarded the J&A Adams scholarship based upon Grade 10 performance
Grade 8 was 2 full performance ratings above the state
9th grade Biology out performed the state by two ratings
Low income and special education subgroups are underperforming according to plan (although they are higher than the state)
Subgroups dropping in science where state subgroups are improving, overall i.e. aggregate numbers are rating “High”
K different world for writing, important to be developmentally appropriate and feed to upper grades
K-12 literacy plan
District wide, draft philosophy
Identify core instructional expectations, assessment practices
Action plan for identifying and implementing
“Middle school culture is redhot with factors that affect student performance”
Media, choices kids have, forced choices with family environment, so many variables
Audit shows the curriculum is aligned
Quality assessment, engagement and motivation, how do you measure that?
Current 10th graders will need to pass science and technology test to graduate
EdTech Networks Presentation (Audio)
Time: 1 hour, 8 minutes, 19 seconds
MP3 File
EdTech Networks Presentation
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My notes taken during their presentation and discussion with the School Committee:
EdTech Networks presentation
Based in Wakefield, MA
Builds website platforms for school systems
No out of pocket costs
Unique fundraising platform (new money for schools)
Advanced web technology
Good examples of the proposal in action:
Medford - http://www.medford.k12.ma.us/home.aspx?categoryID=3
Smithfield, RI - http://www.smithfield-ps.org/home.aspx?categoryID=3
E Greenwich, RI - http://egsd.net/home.aspx?categoryID=3
Georgetown - http://ps.gt.ma.ednets.us/home.aspx?categoryID=3
Other school districts mentioned:
Hudson (not an EdNet site)
Marlboro (not an EdNet site)
North Reading (web site not responding)
Large pipeline in progress 30-50, about 2/month coming on line
Participating merchants, recruit local businesses
Rebate recovery
Member marketing
Franklin brings – members YOU!
Key piece of the partnership is working with Franklin, parents, PTO school boosters, etc.
Marlboro school students developed a marketing plan
Two ways to generate rebates
1 – Online mall, school website (no need to register)
2 – Shop in store at local participating merchants (register your credit, debit, loyalty cards)
National, regional, online and local
Online mall has 500 national merchants
Expedia trip at $5000 would generate 2% back to the schools
Collect only card and date for tracking purposes, does not collect any other data, can not initiate a transaction
PCI compliant, high security standards
Encrypted data, data segregation
No plan text files of any files kept, all encrypted
No information is provided to any party, period
Content management system
Control users via permission
Easy to use, no HTML coding needed
Portal, single database, cut/paste from any MS program
Instantaneous updates
Publish to multiple pages simultaneously
Archival system
Navigation design
24/7 hosted, technical support provided
Training, by group
Faster communication, lower cost
Not limited to Franklin residents, can designate a beneficiary school district
Municipal requirements
1 – Separate account
2 – Education foundation
Combo websites and email
Targeted registration campaigns, some dollar reward for each registration via incentives
Can track district, schools, via promotion codes
Shrink wrap a school bus, with logo, and participating merchants
“Better schools through smarter shopping”
Split rebates, 2/3… up to website subscription fee, after that, 100%...
Advertising split 50/50
Could do picture profile online, do PTO profile online
Capacity for electronic payments for school fees, lunches, etc.
Demo of Marlboro, East Greenwich sites
Headshot for teachers capable, CV capable
.net platform, more current
After the sale what’s the spam effect? Self directed by customer, check off, to opt out
Use of captcha to access directory online
Three components of revenue
1 – rebate 80/20 merchant split
2 – split revenue from promotions 50/50
3 - website subscription fee paid from subscribers as noted in split above
Future items:
Electronic yearbooks
Social networking amongst teachers that could be monetized
100 million Americans in K-12 world, no one marketing to this group today
Don’t have a gas vendor today
Grocery highest priority
Then casual dining, faster growing segment of personal expenditures
Then Office/school supplies
Then Apparel
Co-branded debit and co-branded credit being explored
My questions (to be asked)
What percent of Franklin population has and uses a system?
What are traffic counts for existing school pages?
Franklin in the News
Two hurt in crash
By Michael Morton/Daily News staff
FRANKLIN - A rescue helicopter rushed a man to a Worcester hospital yesterday after a head-on collision at the intersection of Rte. 140 and Grove Street, police said. |
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Store clerk stops robbery
By Michael Morton/Daily News staff
FRANKLIN - Spotting a familiar customer opening the till at the Lincoln Street Market on Monday afternoon, clerk Ryan Lomberto ran in from pumping gas and grabbed the man before he could run off with any cash. |
Franklin (continues) to wait
Franklin to wait for answer to $590,000 question
By Michael Morton/Daily News staff
FRANKLIN - A law firm investigating how an undisclosed $590,000 school budget gap ended up on the wrong set of books needs more time, Superintendent Wayne Ogden said, with a report now expected in January instead of this month. |
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
New Game at Milford Daily News (Video)
If you know where Julia Spitz shot this video, e-mail jspitz@cnc.com or call her at 508-626-3968. The first three people with the correct answer will have their names listed here and in the newspaper. All those who submit correct answers before 4 p.m. Thursday will be eligible for a monthly prize drawing.Have fun playing "Where'd She Go?
Note this was also posted on Steve's 2 Cents
School Committee: Health Survey - part 2 (audio)
Donovan, K-12 Director Health/Physical Education answer questions from the School Committee after their presentation on 11/27/07.
Time: 28 minutes, 56 seconds
MP3 File
Franklin School Committee: Health Survey Presentation (audio)
Time: 40 minutes, 6 seconds
MP3 File
My notes to accompany this audio file can be found here.
The presentation can be found here.