FES Weekly Update - May 12, 2024
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
Thank you to our FES PTO for Organizing and Sponsoring Staff Appreciation Week! The Photo above to the right was Friday's "Farmer's Market" Theme. The entire staff appreciated the entire week.
Thank you again!
School Community Events:
Sunday, May 12th Happy Mother's Day!!!
Monday, May 13th at 6:30 p.m. - Grades 2-4 Spring Chorus Concert
Wednesday, May 22nd at 6:30 p.m. - Grades 4-8 Spring Band Concert
Wednesday, May 22 - Franklin Friends - Patriot Necklace Collaborative
Friday, May 24 - New Flag Raising Ceremony - Memorial Day Ceremony - Whole School
Friday, May 24th, 7-9 p.m. - Western Dance - Grades 5-8
Friday, May 31st - PRE-K Moving Up Ceremony!
Wednesday, June 5th - FES Awards Ceremony @ 9 a.m.
Friday, June 7th - FES FIELD DAY!
Saturday, June 22 - Community Playground Build
Smarter Balanced Assessment Dates:
Grades 6-8: April 29 - May 8 (4 or 5 morning sessions)
Grades 3-5: May 13 - May 21 (4 or 5 morning sessions)
Graduation Dates:
Wednesday, June 12th at 7:15 p.m. - FES GRADE 8 GRADUATION!
Thursday, June 13th - Lyman Memorial Graduation
Thursday, June 13th - NFA Graduation
Friday, June 14th - NFA Graduation Rain Date
Friday, June 14th - Last Day of School
FES News and Updates:
Please continue to email FESOffice@franklinschoolct.org regarding attendance, tardies, transportation changes, and absences.
FES Families, It's finally happening!!! Volunteers welcome!!! Come join us for a day of community camaraderie. We are looking to get a group of skilled builders to help construct the new addition to the FES playground. We have compiled a list of time slots to sign up for and borrowed items needed for the build( please be advised, " YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN TOOLS). For those of you who would like to help but are not as handy we will send out another sign-up at a later date consisting mostly of refreshments for our builders. Please contact Cindy Satterfield via text at 202-525-0031 with any questions. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. - CLICK HERE.
Thank you!
The FES PTO
We are looking for middle school students to read at the town's Memorial Day Program. In addition to reading at the program, students in grades 6-8 will be participating in an essay contest. Please let me know if your child is able to attend and would like to participate in the program, and I will forward their information to the Memorial Day Committee. Mrs. Flaherty, Grade 8 Teacher, pflaherty@franklinschoolct.org
Dear FES Families,
The new 24-25 Board of Education (BoE) Proposed Budget Presentation is now available. Due to a reduction of $150,588 made during the April 30 Board of Finance meeting, we had to adjust the "Maintain Current Programming" portion of our budget proposal to a negative 2.29%.
I want to assure you that we have made every effort to avoid directly affecting student programming with this reduction. Please also know that we cannot reduce the proposals in special education, high school tuition, transportation, and staff benefits as they are required by law or contractual obligations.
Please refer to Slide 22 of the presentation for a detailed breakdown of the entire budget. Slide 22b shows where the reductions were made. We will present this budget at the Town Meeting tonight, May 9, at 7:00 p.m. at the Firehouse. Please click the links above to view the presentation or the Itemized Spreadsheet.
The Board of Finance approved our BoE Proposed Budget following the Town Hearing on May 9. Thank you to those of you who were able to attend. The BoE Proposed Budget will be voted on by the Franklin Community later this month. The date of the vote will be determined at the BoF meeting on Tuesday, May 14.
If you have any questions or concerns about the budget, please do not hesitate to contact me at gkeith@franklinschoolct.org.
Sincerely,
Mr. Greg Keith
