Live reporting: Consent Agenda to Closing (Executive Session)

7. Consent Agenda
a. Minutes
I recommend approval of the minutes from your January 8, 2019 School Committee Meeting.
b. Transfers
I recommend approval of the transfers as detailed.
c. Veteran’s Auditorium Concert Recurring Trip
I recommend approval of the request of Mary MacMurray to take students to the
Veteran’s Auditorium in Providence, RI for a concert on May 21, 2019 (Parmenter) and May 24, 2019 (JFK) as detailed.
d. DECA Competition Recurring Trip
I recommend approval of the request of Miguel Carmo to take FHS DECA Students to Orlando, FL from 4/27/2019 through 5/1/2019 for the International Competition as detailed.

motion to accept, seconded, passed 6-0

8. Payment of Bills Dr. Bergen

9. Payroll Mrs. Douglas

10. Correspondence

11. Executive Session

a. Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the FEA/RN unit as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.

motion to go to executive session, seconded, passed 6-0

Live reporting: Information Matters

4. Discussion Only Items
a. None Proposed

5. Information Matters
a. School Committee Sub-Committee Reports 

Budget
as discussed, subcommittee meeting Weds

Community Relations
meeting and discussion at Senior Center, how serious are the issues at the schools? They were getting a good sense of what the problems are

Seniors were hungry for info, a packed room, will be back in March with updates

a good conversation on what education is like today vs what they had experienced

Policy
next meeting on the 24th

Public Schools Advocacy
Feb 5th legislative forum

MassBudget released study today (in Franklin Matters on Weds morning)


b. School Committee Liaison Reports 

Joint PCC

Substance Abuse Task Force
met today

School Wellness Advisory Council [SWAC]
nothing since last time

School Start Times Advisory Committee [SSTAC]
parent info night coming Jan 30th at FHS Lecture Hall

preliminary results being evaluated from survey

MASC

6. New Business
a. To discuss any future agenda items

DIP update
homework
'Portrait of a graduate'

Live reporting: Discussion - Action Items

3. Discussion / Action Items
a. 2019-2020 School Calendar
I recommend adoption of the 2019-2020 School Calendar as discussed.

recent changes:
Presidential Primary - Tues, March 3, 2020
amended calendar to adjust accordingly

SATs - Saturday, May 2
hence can't do the prom on May 1, so moved it to May 8th

motion to adopt calendar as changed, seconded, passed 6-0


b. Policy – 2nd Readings/Adoption
I recommend adoption of the following policies as discussed:

• (NEW) INJDD – Social Media Policy
• JFAA-E1 – Residency Statement
• LB – Relations with Other Schools & School Districts

motion to adopt calendar as changed, seconded, passed 6-0

Live reporting: Superintendents Recommended Budget

b. FY 2020 Superintendent’s Recommended Budget
tied to values, mission and DIP goals

budget process to date (slides to be added when available on Wednesday)
screen grabs to be inserted as available

circuit breaker amount increased, so it may appear the costs are going down so it may be misleading

started with level service and then looked to 'critical needs'
a total of a 6% increase as it is (leaving some 'critical needs' out)

• ECDC request for PreK curriculum leadership, not recommended
• Adjustment counselors currently at Middle School, would add 2 FTE to elementary, and adjust as necessary with study underway (results not yet available)
• Expansion of NECC Partner Program at Parmenter 
• Instructional interventionists - not recommended at this time
• ESP support at K level, principals requested 2 FTE at each, recommended 1 at each
• Adjustment counselors at the Middles School, requested 2 per, recommending 1 per
• STRIVE program at ASMS
• Classroom teachers at FHS to address growing class sizes, recommend to add 4 FTE
• Curriculum leadership, missing piece at MS and ES; 2 FTE
• substitute recruitment strategies - recruit and retain more long term subs
• Digital integration specialists, not recommended at this time
• Van driver - looking to add but it would have cost savings
• Technology replenishment, use capital 

Superintendents Recommended Budget for FY 2020 - summary slide

decreasing the use of revolving funds to balance the budget (approx $300K)

anticipated budget gap to close - TBD

variables:

• Actual allocation from the Town
• collective bargaining
• Actual health insurance
• other revenue streams
• Remaining FY 2019 expenditures

Feb 5th - Legislative Forum
Feb 26th (actually a Tuesday - slide said 27th which was last year's date)

add $50K, not $75K for NECC item

Q - if we put the not recommended to the future? how will we pay for those?
A - always an issue, if it goes forward, we will need to be creative, it is a tight budget

Live reporting: School Committee - Jan 22, 2019

Present: Feeley, Linden, Douglas, Scofield, Bergen, Schultz
Absent:  Zub


1. Routine Business
a. Review of Agenda
no changes

b. Citizen’s Comments

i. In the spirit of open communication, “the School Committee will hear public comment not related to an agenda item at the beginning of each regular School Committee Meeting. The Committee will listen to, but not respond to any comment made. A Committee member may add an agenda item to a future meeting as a result of a citizen comment” – from Policy BEDH

c. FHS Student Representative Comments
2nd quarter ends this week
DECA competition
Mock Trial 
dance and banquet season end of March
girls hockey undefeated; girls basketball one loss

d. Superintendent’s Report
acknowledge this was a difficult storm to work with and clean up after
snow, freeze, and clean up after the freeze
emergency busing implemented again
thanks for patience during the school day, arrivals, departures, etc.

Franklin Cultural District awarded as the 46th in the State
eligible for grants, etc.
Schools are a partner and excited for the possibilities

MLK - Project 351 ambassadors convened this weekend
Amy Alston (8th grader) representing Franklin

superintendents association conf this weekend; Ahern and Edwards participating
(additional detailed to be shared when available from the Superintendent)

2. Guests / Presentations
a. FHS Program of Study
Paul Peri, Clements Vice-Principal

Program of studies overview an annual exercise
celebrate the work of Clements and Edwards who have done the 'heavy lifting'

Peri: looking to add 
an AP level 3D sculpture course
Marketing II, looking to add to the DECA realm
film score course 
Roman technology - an elective in World Languages

Clements:
always looking at course leveling, Honors, AP, and pre-requisites for the course
looking for consistency, room for improvement for a school for this size
21st century learning expectations cited this year; overlap with 'portrait of a graduate' work

Peri: an out growth of the NEASC visit 2 years ago

Clements: looking to increase elective opportunities for underclassman rather than waiting for Jr/Sr years; impact on students with different learning styles

Q - how do HS get the SEL aspects of learning
A - grade specific topics as well as with school adjustment councilors, advisory program, 
work that happens during class meetings, work that is done with the staff is also embedded within the curriculum

It used to be SEL or I teach? No longer, they are interwoven today

Clements:
entire English language section has been redesigned, captures what is being done now more accurately; IDD introduction to Development Disabilities - renamed to Intro to Special Ed

Honors section of human anatomy
getting more students into the physio lab, previously underutilized as a new thing in the new building

social studies electives

earth science has re-appeared; was marine science this year; some students did sign up for the US Marine training not realizing the real topic

Q - where do you see the Arts Academy and what would you add to it as another academy?
A - Arts academy started with a small number and now serves 140, examining success and looking to see where it can go. A potential STEM pathway to appeal to this niche of students with some specialized training and courses modeled to this area of passion. Want to be careful to go academy approach and not include the inter-disciplinary approaches

What is my degree/major study area? bringing this philosophy to the high school students

Q - Any budget increase associated with the new offerings?
A - generally no, it would be covered by a re-alignment of the existing teachers and better meeting the needs of the students

Q - where is civics aligned?
A - a new curriculum coming, more widespread than a one year course; world one shifting to HS; world one will cover democracy beginnings with Greece and Rome; also Street law which is highly demanded; AP courses bring in independent candidates; supplemented with after school activities; Mock trial, etc.

Q - courses through health and wellness, a work in progress?
A - health needs more time, period - it is a conversation on how it can fit, and expand. Haven't increased the time over the past several years and need to look at that

It really comes down to the staff, building relationships, etc. They are doing it daily

“It’s early in the process right now”

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

"Monetary concerns are looming in town as it enters the fiscal 2020 budget season. Officials expect another deficit, but are working to make sure the trend doesn’t continue. 

There are no numbers out for the fiscal 2020 budget, but town and school districts offices are discussing proposed figures that will be available in the next month. 

The approved town budget for 2019 is $124.2 million, with the school budget accounting for approximately $63 million. Officials used close to $1.5 million from a stabilization account to balance the 2019 budget last cycle. 

Schools Superintendent Sara Ahern plans to present her recommended fiscal 2020 budget to the School Committee meeting on Tuesday. The budget is expected to be discussed until a final decision is made at the committee’s March 12 meeting, when the members will vote. There will be a public hearing on the budget on Feb. 27."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20190121/franklin-anticipates-another-budget-deficit


Among the items on the agenda for Tuesday's School Committee meeting are 

• the proposed calendar for 2019-2020

https://www.franklinps.net/sites/franklinmaps/files/uploads/discussion_actiona_-_calendar.pdf

• Final readings of a few policies (including one on Social Media)

https://www.franklinps.net/sites/franklinmaps/files/uploads/discussion_actionb_-_policy.pdf

The Superintendent's budget proposal is not yet available on the meeting packet page. It usually is posted the morning after the meeting.

The agenda and documents released for the meeting can be found
https://www.franklinps.net/district/meeting-packets/pages/school-committee-meeting-packet-documents-1-22-2019

Superintendent Sara Ahern presenting at a SchCom meeting in 2018

FHS girls basketball tops Holy Name, boys hockey skate to tie with Mansfield

Via HockomockSports, we share the results of the FHS sports action that did manage to happen despite the weather on Monday, Jan 21, 2019. Among the several schedule adjustments, the Davey Frosh/Soph Track meet at Wheaton was canceled and will not be rescheduled.


Girls Basketball = Franklin, 35 @ Holy Name, 33 – Final
– Ali Brigham secured the win and a season sweep of Holy Name, scoring the game-winning basket with just one second remaining on the clock. Brigham scored 23 points on the night.

Boys Hockey = Franklin, 2 @ Mansfield, 2 – Final
Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap

"It wasn’t the wide open, free flowing game that some expected, but it was still a hard fought game between rivals Franklin and Mansfield that resulted in a tie that left both sides satisfied with a point. 

The Panthers and Hornets were the top two teams in the Kelley-Rex division entering the contest, with Franklin holding a one point lead at the midway point of league play. After skating a 2-2 at Foxboro Sports Center, Franklin remains a point ahead in the division with three games left. 

Franklin had a pair of one-goal leads in the game but Mansfield was able to respond each time, the game-tying goal coming early in the final period after the Hornets entered the frame facing a one-goal deficit."

Continue reading online
https://hockomocksports.com/mansfield-boys-hockey-franklin-tied/

A photo gallery from the hockey game
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Winter-2018-2019/Mansfield-Franklin-Boys-Hockey-01-21-19/

For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-01-21-19/

Mansfield’s Brian Grant attempts to get past Franklin’ Matt D’Errico in the second period.
(Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)