Franklin (MA) Matters

This session shares the Franklin (MA) School Committee meeting held on Tuesday, February 4, 2024. The meeting had been added to the schedule given the revised budget timeline which enabled this 2 months earlier than previous years. 6 of the 7 members participated (4 in Chambers, 2 remotely, and 1 absent - O’Sullivan).Quick recapThe meeting did start late due to some timing and technical issues that were resolved to get the meeting goingThe redistricting efforts provide significant savings. If the redistricting was not done (to be effective this Sept 2025) the "level service" budget as proposed would be approx $6M more than requested. That said, this budget still assumes (1) the Town Council approves of an override of at $3 to 5M (number still to be determined) (2) and it is successful, or there would be cuts to this budgetLots of questions to clarify line items not so much the amount but what it covered in terms of education services, etc.No vote tonight, that comes next week at their Feb 11 scheduled meeting