FM #1216 - Franklin Current Issues Q&A Part 2 of 3 - 05/16/24

This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Jay Horrigan, Franklin resident, Franklin TV & Radio talent and fellow Board of Directors member for the Franklin Community Cable Access organization. We met to record this conversation in the studio on Thursday, May 16, 2024.  

We spent enough time in the studio discussing current events that our wives were sending out queries as to where we were. The conversation is split into 3 sections to better enable sharing via the radio time slot (less than an hour).

Part 2 of this conversation runs about 30 minutes. Let’s listen to my conversation with Jay.

In this second episode we answer more questions

• How does the override provide funds for school teachers’ pay?
• Teacher union president Donna Grady interview provides insights to teacher issues
• Teacher retention issue, is it related to the ‘massive new schools’?
• Better expectation for future funding of the Schools post override
• Difference in level of planning for redistricting, the ‘plan’ vs the implementation plan to work out the details
• Civic engagement, the parents concerned about the redistricting can be involved in the implementation plan
• What is the goal of the Town “master plan”? What do we want Franklin to be when we grow up?
• The issue with the middle school after school activities and late bus, how is that related to the override?
• School funding of buses vs parent cost, a change from $360 to $500 if the override fails, along with other activities and sports fees will increase if the override fails
• Sense of community and ‘commonwealth’ vs the divisive and personal focal points we hear
• Timing of the override June vs. November, better for the students educational experience
• Demise of newspapers, rise of newsletters, flyers sent home replaced by email and PDFs on the schools pages