Jared Arone - FHS | SENIOR - The 6'2" senior quarterbacked the best offensive season in program history with more than 2K passing yards and 28 TDs with just 2 interceptions. The Hockomock All-Star tossed 4 TD passes in state semifinals against Springfield Central. #BGFall2021
Mack Gulla - FHS | SENIOR - The Hockomock MVP rushed for more than 1,700 yds with 16 TDs, leading Franklin to a 10-1 season and league title while snapping double-digit losing streaks to Mansfield and King Philip. Gulla finished his career with 33 touchdowns #BGFall2021
Coach of Year -> Eian Bain - DIVISION 1: FHS - his Panthers were perhaps the best public school football team in the state, winning the Hock’s Kelley-Rex Division, reaching the state semifinals and finishing 10-1, including a Thanksgiving W over D2 state finalist KP #BGFall2021
Kaitlyn Carney - FHS | JUNIOR - Despite being the focus of many defenders, the junior found ways to break through, scoring 37 goals with 18 assists, leading all Hockomock scorers. 5 of those goals came in the Panthers’ postseason journey to the state semifinal #BGFall2021
Anya Zub - FHS | SOPH - After scoring 3 goals and 4 assists as a freshman, the soph’s impressive season (20 goals and 6 assists) was the catalyst of the Panthers’ Hockomock championship. Zub’s scoring touch netted her league all-star and First Team EMass selections #BGFall2021
Athlete of Year -Cailyn Mackintosh - D1: FHS | SENIOR - The Hockomock MVP was the focal point for the Panthers, who earned the top seed in the D1 tournament. Mackintosh registered 535 assists and 70 aces and finished her career with 1,387 assists in 3 varsity seasons #BGFall2021
Was going to be reporting on the SchCom Community Relations meeting but it either hasn't started, or someone is not letting folks in, or ??? #schcom0112 plenty to do tonight, Finance Committee up at 6:30 stay tuned for reporting on that!
If you have time, you can dial in to wfpr.fm to listen to my interview with Superintendent Sara Ahern, it is followed by Chair Tom Mercer and I in our "quarterbacking" session for the last Town Council meeting. Good info for both sessions? #schcom0112#fincom0112
It is almost time for my real time reporting on the Franklin (MA) School committee meeting. #schcom0111 the agenda doc can be found -> franklinps.net/sites/g/files/…
(1) The "Meetings are recorded by Franklin TV and shown on Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 29" (2) They are also available via Zoom (see link in agenda doc). (3) They can also be live streamed via the Franklin home page -> franklinma.gov/home/pages/liv…#schcom0111
The meeting packet folder so you can follow along is found -> franklinps.net/district/meeti… contains all docs released for this meeting except for the Supt's report which is only posted day or so after the meeting #schcom0111
Ready for live reporting of the #coa0111 Council on Aging meeting about to begin
Town administrator Jamie Hellen arrives and meeting commences. Introduces new Senior Center director Danielle Hopkins. Deputy director Christina LaRoche also introduced. They provide their background #coa0111
Reporting on the Franklin Housing Authority meeting today #fha0110 public hearing on annual plan first up on agenda (recording in process, so assuming tech gremlins kept aside can be shared later)
Link to annual report to be added later, capital plan part of the report. Emergency work orders reqd to be processed within 24 hours, list of EWOs part of the report, preventive maintenance plan part of report. #fha0110
Operation budget for year included in report. #fha0110 deficit of approx $82k for past year, looking forward to a slight plus for next year. Unable to collect income due to some units offline due to fire and recovery steps
Ready for real time reporting on DT Facility Analysis meeting, appears to be starting late. #dtfa0611
Chair Stokes opens meeting. Confusion around minutes to be approved, clarify a point, what's included in which stage, and move to approve next time. #dtfa0611 still in info gathering. Looking at info vs. making a decision. Transportation to be revisited many times
During the SchCom meeting Chair Bergen asked if the DT decision could be moved up. Per Stokes, no, we're sticking to the process. Re-reads her statement from the meeting on decision and process. #dtfa0611 final report from architect is still not ready