Monday, September 9, 2013

Parmenter PCC meetings 9/12, 9/13

The 9/2 and 9/5 no school days have already gone by but the PCC Meetings scheduled for 9/12 and 9/13 are coming this week

Parmenter sign

What is your school's PCC schedule? There should be information on each school webpage. In my round of visits, some sites are more frequently updated than others.

The main school dept page can be found here: http://franklindistrict.vt-s.net/Pages/index

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Franklin, MA: School Committee - Agenda - Sep 10, 2013

Vision Statement

The Franklin Public Schools will foster within its students the knowledge and skills to find and achieve satisfaction in life as productive global citizens.

AGENDA

"The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law."

1. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments
Review of Agenda
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the August 27, 2013 School Committee Meeting.
Payment of Bills Mrs. McIntyre
Payroll Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
Correspondence: Budget to Actual

2. Guests/Presentations
a. Lifelong Learning Summer Programs Update

3. Discussion Only Items
Update

4. Action Items
a. I recommend acceptance of a check for $5,052.50 from the Parmenter PCC for field trips.
b. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000.00 from Paolino Management Corp. for the FHS.
c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000.00 from JMP Management, Inc. for the FHS.
d. I recommend acceptance of a check for $846.34 from JDRF for Annie Sullivan Middle School.

5. Information Matters
Superintendent’s Report
School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
School Committee Liaison Reports

6. New Business
To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.

7. Executive Session
Contractual Negotiations

8. Adjourn

Tryout dates for Franklin Fusion and Franklin Tornadoes

Tryout dates for Franklin Fusion and Franklin Tornadoes, the competitive travel summer softball teams of the Franklin Girls Softball Association (FGSA), will take place during the weekends of September 21-22 and September 28-29. Pre-Registration is encouraged and available at www.sportsmanager.us/Franklin-Tornadoes.htm.

Franklin Fusion

The summer softball program fields teams for ages 10U (Tornadoes only), 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U*. All Fusion and Tornadoes practice throughout the year and play league games in addition to several tournaments. Please note that both programs require a player’s/parents’ commitment to their team, however the Fusion teams do involve additional travel and time commitments.

Franklin Tornadoes

All players should arrive 30 minutes early for tryout sessions to check in and warm up as tryout sessions will start promptly. For more information, please contact Matt Connelly, 617-962-4785, madjack8@comcast.net, email fgsa@fastpitch.org or visit www.fgsafastpitch.org.

WHERE: Pisani Fields, Peck Street, Franklin

WHEN**:

16U : Saturday, September 21 from 3:30-6:00

Saturday, September 28 from 3:30-6:00 (Fusion Callbacks***/Rain Date)

14U : Sunday, September 22 from 1:00-6:00

Sunday, September 29 from 1:00-3:30 (Fusion Callbacks***/Rain Date)

12U : Saturday, September 21 from 1:30-3:30 and

Sunday, September 22 from 1:00-6:00

Sunday, September 29 from 1:00-6:00 (Fusion Callbacks***/Rain Date)

10U : Saturday, September 21 from 1:30-6:00

Saturday, September 28 from 1:30-6:00 (Rain Date Only)

*Players’ ages are as of December 31, 2013; **Girls may be assigned shorter, position-specific time brackets; ***Fusion callbacks for those girls being considered for Fusion after initial tryout

"I don’t really see it getting better"

The Milford Daily News reports on the increasing demands seen by MetroWest area food pantries. The Franklin Food Pantry was among those quoted:

At the Franklin Food Pantry, Director of Development Erin Lynch said the pantry distributed 186,000 pounds of food in its most recent fiscal year, up 24 percent from the prior fiscal year. Lynch, like other pantry leaders, noticed many clients have jobs but are still unable to afford food amid rising costs of living and inadequate pay.

"I think it takes along time for families to feel the impact, even if the economy is getting better" Lynch said. "We really haven’t seen evidence on our end yet (of improvements)."

Lynch said the pantry hopes in the next year to work with other community groups to better understand what causes food insecurity and how to improve the situation without just distributing more and more food. Items they could look at is improving job skill training resources, she said.

What can you do to help the Food Pantry?One easy way is to buy a ticket to our fund raising wine tasting event coming up Thursday, Sep 12. Tickets are available online at http://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/ or at the Food Pantry (in the Roackland Trust parking lot downtown Franklin).

Franklin Library: School tool carriers

The craft this Monday at the Library is to decorate your own pencil or school tool kit.

school tool carriers

This was re-posted from the Franklin Public Library webpage
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2013/09/krafty-mondays-make-school-tool-carriers.html

For other activities and events at the Library follow them on Facebook too
https://www.facebook.com/FranklinPublicLibrary

In the News: apple crop, tree backlash

Farmers expecting robust apple crop

Agriculture officials and apple growers said this week that they are looking forward to a blockbuster fall and said customers have already been streaming in to pluck the season’s first apples off the trees.

Local utility companies deal with tree-cutting backlash

More than a year ago, dozens of residents in MetroWest had just about had it with NStar. They angrily packed local meeting halls and wrote letters to their representatives, urging leaders to do something.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Franklin Newcomers and Friends to meet on Wednesday, Sep 11

The Franklin Newcomers and Friends meeting will be held Weds, Sep 11 at 3 Restaurant on RT 140. Details can be found in the flyer shown here:

For additional information about the club and its activities, visit their website
http://franklinnewcomers.com/

Apple Picking Season opens at Fairmount Fruit Farm

Fairmount Fruit Farm

Apple Season

Dear Stephen,

The cool nights have given beautiful color to our apples. In the store we currently have Paula Red apples that we have been picking for a couple of weeks and well as Macintosh apples the we have just started picking.

The stand is full of peaches, nectarines as well as a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. We have a variety of local products and baked goods ranging from local coffee to homemade breads and jams.

U-pick Apples

This Saturday marks the first day we will be open for U-pick which starts at 10 a.m. and will go till 4 p.m. You will be able to take a hayride into to the orchard and pick plenty of perfectly tree ripened apples.

Hayride is included with the purchase of a 1/2 bushel or peck bag.
Apples

For more information about picking or the farm stand please visit our website. www.fairmountfruit.com or Call us at

508-533-8737

Do not forget about the homemade apple fritters!

Sincerely,

Fairmount Fruit Farm

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Franklin Library: Teen Book Club - Sep 25

The next Teen Book Club meeting will be held on Wednesday Sep 25th at 6:30 PM. The book for discussion will be the CS Lewis "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

Bottle Can Drive today

FHS boy’s hockey can, bottle drive is Saturday, Sept. 7

The Franklin High School boy’s hockey team will hold its annual can and bottle drive on Saturday, Sept. 7, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at Pirelli Veteran’s Arena, 910 Panther Way, Franklin.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Farmers Market - Town Common - noon to 6:00 PM

Yes, even with school back in session and summer over, the Farmers Market is still open every Friday through October.

farmers market sign downtown

Stop by to get fresh produce!

farmers market on a sunny day

Representative Roy's September Office Hours

Boston, MA -- State Representative Jeffrey Roy (D-Franklin) announced today that constituent office hours will be held in Medway & Franklin for the Month of September on the following days:

Medway – Saturday September 14^th, 10:00-11:00AM, Medway Public Library, Room: Cole A – 26 High Street, Medway, MA

Franklin – Saturday September 28^th, 10:00-11:00AM, Franklin Public Library – 118 Main Street Franklin, MA

Christopher Yancich, his legislative aide, will be accompanying him.

Representative Roy stated that all office hours are open to any residents of Franklin and Medway who may have questions or concerns that they wish to bring to his attention. Walk-ins are welcome; no appointment necessary. He looks forward to hearing from you.

He also invites all constituents to call him at his State House office at (617) 722-2400, stop by Room 134 in the State House, or email him at Jeffrey.Roy@MAhouse.gov.

Pam's Run for Neighbor Brigade

Today marks "One Month Until Pam's Run for Neighbor Brigade"

To sign up to run:

www.Pamsrun.com

To donate:

http://www.crowdrise.com/franklinneighborbrig

Linda Gagnon
Neighbor Brigade Inc.
617-335-5452/ FranklinMA@neighborbrigade.org
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Six One Seven Studios September Newsletter

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Six One Seven Studios | 430 Franklin Viilage Drive | Box 120 | Franklin | MA | 02038

"1.3 megawatts of energy from a solar farm"

Another solar farm is coming to Franklin. Along with the current installation at Mount St Mary's Abbey, the Tri-County Regional Voc Tech is getting into solar.

Tri-County reached a deal with SunEdison Inc., a global company specializing in solar power, that will save it an estimated $1.8 million on energy costs over the next two decades.

After the contract expires, it can renew the contract or ask SunEdison to remove the panels.
The installation will be built atop four acres of grounds behind the school, with construction beginning in the spring or summer of 2014.

Power generated from the ground-mounted panels will account for roughly 85 percent of the school’s overall energy use, according to John Roy, Tri-County’s business administrator.

Franklin Matters