Franklin Matters

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Town of Franklin: [Residents] March 3rd 2018 Storm

Good morning:

This is Brutus Cantoreggi with the Town of Franklin to provide you with an update on the loss of electricity within the Town after yesterday's historic Nor'eater storm.

There are presently 3,140 customers in Franklin without power. As of this morning, National Grid has begun power recovery efforts in the community and will restore power as quickly as possible. They presently warn that full power restoration may take up to 72 hours. If you do not have power make sure you contact National Grid at 800-465-1212. They can't restore your power if they don't know it's out.

The high winds of yesterday caused many power and other overhead transmission lines to come down. Please stay away from any downed wire and treat all downed wires as energized electrical lines. Only a few road remain impassable due to trees and wires down; they are marked with barricades and signs - please do not drive past barricades.

Citizens without power can go to the Hockomock YMCA located at 45 Forge Hill Road for a warm shower and charge your electronic devices.

We will keep you updated with information as the situation dictates. As always please call 911 in the event of an emergency.

Town of Franklin: [Residents] March 3rd 2018 Storm

Urgent: Power Outage Update

Power Outage Update

Due to the power outages the Franklin YMCA is allowing residents with no power to use their facility to take hot showers and charge your phones and laptops etc.

For information about power outages please visit National Grid at:
https://m.nationalgrid.com or call 1-800-465-1212

This is an automatic message from Town of Franklin MA. Please do not reply to this message.

Urgent: Power Outage Update

Supporting documentation for the FY 2019 School Budget Proposal

On Friday, March 2, a check of the document folder for the Feb 27, 2018 meeting reveals the "supporting documentation" referenced by the Superintendent's memo are now available.

The meeting packet folder can be found here:http://franklinschool.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinCom_Packets/t2-27-2018%20SC%20Packet/

The budget supporting documents of note:

Budget breakout school by school (generally determined as a per student allocation)

http://franklinschool.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinCom_Packets/t2-27-2018%20SC%20Packet/FY19%20supt%20recommended%20budget%20cover%20sc%20(1).pdf

Budget line item details for FY 16 through the proposal for FY 19

http://franklinschool.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinCom_Packets/t2-27-2018%20SC%20Packet/FY19%20supt%20recommended%20budget%20overview%20sc.pdf

What's in the revolving accounts? How are they able to provide funding to offset the budget?

http://franklinschool.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinCom_Packets/t2-27-2018%20SC%20Packet/Revolving%20Detail%20sc.pdf

What are Special Funds? State and Federal grant details can be found here

http://franklinschool.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinCom_Packets/t2-27-2018%20SC%20Packet/Special%20Revenue%20FY19%20sc.pdf

The Superintendent's memo and the presentation document

http://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/03/superintendent-to-school-committee-fy.html

Superintendent to School Committee - FY 2019 School Budget Memo and Presentation

The supporting documents can also be found on the School District page here

http://franklindistrict.vt-s.net/Pages/FranklinDistrict_News/025E803B-000F8513

Pantherbook: "Hitting Snooze on the Morning Bell"

Madeleine Lussier, Editor of Pantherbook, has a piece on school start times called "Hitting Snooze on the Morning Bell"

"The idea of later school start times has spread to the town of Franklin.

As it stands right now, Franklin High School has one of the earliest start times in the area with Medway beginning school at 8:04, Milford students getting to class at 7:50, and the bell ringing in Bellingham at 7:30, but as early as January 2019, students at Franklin High could be the ones sleeping in the latest.

Beginning school at a later time would allow students to develop longer natural sleep cycle which in turn allows for more cognitive function, or increased availability to learn according to the U.S National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health."

Continue reading the article at Pantherbook
https://franklinpanthers.us/top-stories/2018/02/27/hitting-snooze-on-the-morning-bell/

Pantherbook: "Hitting Snooze on the Morning Bell"

FHS wrestlers Bakalars and Remillard perform at New Englands

Via Twitter, we share the FHS wrestling results from the New England meet being held in Providence.

Currently in Providence, RI for New England’s. After the preliminary round, Bakalars drops to Consolation and Remillard moves on in the Championship bracket to the round of 16.
— Franklin Wrestling (@FHSWrestle) March 2, 2018

Remillard drops to Consolation
— Franklin Wrestling (@FHSWrestle) March 3, 2018

Bakalars and Remillard drop. Good season boys.
— Franklin Wrestling (@FHSWrestle) March 3, 2018

Team trip to the buffet’s on Monday the 12th and the banquets April 8th.
— Franklin Wrestling (@FHSWrestle) March 3, 2018

Help Neal in his marathon fund raising

"I NEED YOUR HELP!

Please share and help me get Under Armour to support Silver Lining Mentoring!

500+ miles run, 70 lbs lost, and 9 months of training have been successful because I've used the right gear. The clothing that Under Armour makes is excellent and what I've used exclusively to come this far.

Now, I'm challenging Under Armour to help make this effort meaningful by donating to the cause. On Monday, April 16 I am running the Boston Marathon to make a difference for youth in foster care.

You can help! Please share this post and consider a donation. Every click and dollar matters!

Donations can be made here:

https://www.crowdrise.com/…/silverliningmentoring…/nealglatt"

Silver Lining Mentoring

"Transportation projects are a major part of local economy"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"When a harsh winter crippled MBTA service in 2015, Gov. Charlie Baker had realized that it was time to bring the entire system into the 21st century.

Baker vowed Friday morning to focus on upgrading signals, switches, tracks, power systems and electronics.

“I am just going to be a bear about this,” Baker said in front of business leaders as one of the keynote speakers at the annual 495/MetroWest Partnership annual conference at the Courtyard Marriott. “Until we make the investments we are supposed to make so the core system runs in such a way that somebody might recommend to someone to ride it.”