FM #1388 - School Cmte Legislative Forum - 02/24/25
This session shares the Franklin (MA) School Committee Legislative Forum held on Monday, Feb 24, 2025. The Forum was held in the FHS Lecture Hall and broadcast via cable, Zoom, and to YouTube by Franklin TV. The audio of that recording is available here as a podcast.
School Committee Chair Dave Callaghan was host, welcomed Superintendent Lucas Giguere who provided a briefing on the school redistricting and school budget.
Chair Callaghan turned to the legislative delegation, Senator Becca Rausch and State Representative Jeff Roy for their opening remarks before getting into some prepared questions. After the prepared questions, the audience was allowed to ask questions or make comments.
The recording runs about 1 hour & 55 minutes, so let’s listen in.
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The Franklin TV video is available for replay here ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuUN6giRqc0
The agenda doc can be found ->
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02242025-1582
My full set of notes taken during the meeting can be found in one PDF -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pX-uJFiDmOih9nE4vdq9QSr7qeGlQwQH/view?usp=drive_link
Photos taken during the event ->
https://photos.app.goo.gl/821vCMxw7Br6KakP8
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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
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