School closes out this week with half days as Franklin prepares for redistricting starting in September. The last day to register for bus transportation is Friday, June 20. Any requests after Friday can not be guaranteed a bus seat for September.
A small slate of meetings are scheduled for this shortened week with Town and School facilities closed Thursday for Juneteenth.
The Planning Board meets on Monday and the Town Council on Wednesday. The Council agenda includes ratification of multiple union contracts. The School Committee approved their teacher contract in their last session June 10.
For all the meetings and cultural events, check out the calendars at Franklin.news where each day, that day's events are posted on the top of the page, the TV and radio schedules are on the bottom, and all the other goodness falls in-between.
*** Meeting schedule and agendas as of Town page 6/13/25, 10:30 PM
Planning Board Meeting
Monday, June 16, 2025 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Planning-Board-23/?#_06162025-1786
Brownfields Cleanup Plan Review for 21 Grove Street
Tuesday, June 17 Time: 6:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Legal-Notices-29/?#_06172025-1770
Town Council Meeting
Wednesday, June 18 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Town-Council-4/?#_06182025-1788
Town officials office hours canceled
June 19 all Town, schools closed for Juneteenth Holiday
ZBA Meeting canceled
Thursday, June 19th https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Zoning-Board-of-Appeals-31/?#_06192025-1745
Council on Aging Meeting
Friday, June 20th. Time: 1:30 PM
No agenda posted
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
State Representative Jeff Roy hosted an appreciation event on Monday, June 9 to recognize the collaboration to bring a single family home back into the Franklin Housing Authority (FHA) inventory. It has been stuck in a legal limbo for about 20 years and finally got unstuck, renovated, and is now occupied by a Franklin family. The audio and video of the event can be found https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/06/audio-recording-of-fha-appreciation.html
The Franklin School Committee reluctantly approved their revised budget to account for the reduced allocation from the Town per the failed override. In addition to the 29 personnel cuts due to redistricting (saving the Town $3.1M annually), the District reduced an additional 12 personnel along with multiple sets of expenses to account for $2M less in revenue. This results in only a 1% increase over the prior year school budget the lowest annual increase since 2013. The recap and recording of the meeting -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/06/school-committee-reluctantly-approves.html
The Finance Committee held its shortest meeting on Wednesday. It struggled to gain quorum, then when it did achieve that, determined to postpone the Technology topic for presentation/discussion in the fall. 3 new members are scheduled to be appointed in July and they would benefit from such information. The very brief audio officially recording the short meeting https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/06/finance-committee-reschedules-their.html
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