This session shares the Comprehensive School Facility Planning Subcommittee meeting of Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Subcommittee Chair Dave Callaghan, Al Charles, Erin Gallagher, Supt Lucas Giguere, Asst Supt Paula Marano, Business Administrator Dr Bob Dutch, Facility Director Mike D’Angelo, and Facility Deputy Director Kevin Hart participated.

Summarized topics of the discussion

• Review of the feedback from the School Committee meeting on Tuesday, website being updated
• Discussion on how to handle the former DT students/families
• Discussion feedback session (to be posted as a workshop) for School Committee, confirmed Saturday, May 4 at FHS, also scheduling a session on May 7 at 6 PM (location TBD).
• Discussion on demographics trend and new visual created
• Discussion on some of the after school activities, like track which can’t realistically be done with the 3 different schools but could with the one combine middle school

The meeting recording runs about 26 minutes.

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Agenda for this session ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/events/franklin_public_schools_comprehensive_facilities_planning_sub_committee_meeting.pdf 

Link to schools website on redistricting -> https://www.franklinps.net/district/comprehensive-school-facilities-assessment 

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