Franklin Public Schools

District Newsletter

June 2022

21-22 School Calendar

June 20 - No School Juneteenth

Last day of school - June 22

Access the 22-23 School Calendar

Congrats Class of 2022!

Congratulations to the FHS Class of 2022. Every faculty member across the district works hard to provide a strong foundation for our graduates as they prepare to continue to grow, succeed, find fulfillment and contribute as productive and dynamic citizens in an ever changing world. We believe the Class of 2022 will continue to do great things as they transition into the next chapter of their lives. Thank you to our Fire, Police, Facilities and Public Works departments for their effort in making our Graduation ceremony possible. Special thanks to Franklin TV, for ensuring that our larger community could join in celebrating our graduates on their special day.

If you would like to watch the Class of 2022 Graduation video, click here.

Calling All Rising 9th Graders

High School Experience:

Have an 8th grader? Then you may want to consider signing them up for the High School Experience - a two day program design specifically for incoming FHS Freshmen. Brought to you by the FPS Lifelong Learning Institute. Program will be held August 9-10 from 8:30am-12:30pm.

Attendees will...

Tour and learn to navigate their NEW school
Meet and greet with FHS faculty and peers
Participate in team-building activities
Learn how to read an FHS class schedule
Communicate with upperclassmen student leaders to learn the 'ins and outs' from an 'expert'
Receive their High School Experience T-shirt and lots more!

Congratulations to Marilyn Johnson who was the recipient of the Massachusetts Crossing Guard Champion Award from the state's MassDOT Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Program. Mrs. Johnson has been committed to keeping our students safe for many years at Keller Elementary and will be retiring at the end of this year. We wish you all the best in your retirement.

The Franklin Fire Department visited Kindergarteners at J.F.K Elementary to learn about community helpers and fire safety. They even got to meet Fire Chief James McLaughlin and Deputy Chief Joe Barbieri, who showed up in one of their fire trucks so the students could take a peak and ask questions!

Get Ready to Rock the Upcoming School Year!

Bus Registration

The deadline for partial payment was June 13th, 2022. Full payment is due by July 11th, 2022. Bus passes will be available for pick up at your child's school the week of August 22-26.

Visit our transportation page for additional information.

Meal Pricing Information

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not be extending the current child nutrition waivers which allowed for universal free meals past June 30th. As of now, schools in Massachusetts and across the country will no longer provide universal free meals after June 30th, 2022 unless funding at the state level is provided. As a result, the district has reviewed DESE recommendations regarding school meal pricing and has made recommendations to the School Committee regarding meal pricing for the 22-23 school year

On June 14th, the School Committee approved a $0.50 increase to student lunch prices and $0.20 to student breakfast prices. This increase is necessary to support the program in response to rising food costs, delivery fees, maintenance increases and other expenses that allow the program to continue. The program has to be self-supporting. The local appropriation budget does not allocate any funding towards the foodservice program.

Free and Reduced lunch will continue to be available to qualifying families. The application for free and reduced meals will be available in Mid-August. We encourage families to keep an eye out for future communications about when the application is available so they may apply as the new school year begins to ensure there is no loss of benefits to students.

Access the full memo to the School Committee and price information here.

Summer Learning

It's summer reading season! The district has gathered a list of recommendations from extraordinary authors. Be on the lookout for your summer reading selections for Elementary, Middle and High school. All summer learning opportunities through the district will be posted on our Summer 2022 Student Learning Opportunities page!

Spotlight on Sports

In case you missed it, our athletic teams have been shining this season

Good luck to Sophomore Thrower Lily Deforge who will will compete at the Nike National Meet at University of Oregon's Hayward Field!
Baseball won against Shrewsbury in the final four and will compete at the State Championship!
Unified Basketball won GOLD at the Special Olympics in Florida. Great job representing Franklin, our state and the spirit of unified sports!
Not pictured but not forgotten, Congrats to FHS Girls and Boys Lacrosse on an incredible season!

From the School Committee

During the June 14th School Committee meeting, the Space Needs Subcommittee delivered a presentation regarding space considerations and possible redistricting. You may access the presentation here.

Thank you to all who visited the School Committee Booth at the Strawberry Stroll!

Please consider signing up for School Committee updates here.

We hope our FPS Families, Faculty Staff and Franklin Community have a great Summer!

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