FES Weekly Update - May 5, 2024
The Niantic Children's Museum did an animal presentation with Mrs. Groves and the preschoolers this past week.
School Community Events:
May 6-10th - Teacher Appreciation Week Sponsored by the PTO - See post to the right
Wednesday, May 8th, 7 p.m. - Regular BoE Meeting
Thursday, May 9th, 7:30 p.m. - Board of Finance Town Hearing - Firehouse
Monday, May 6th - Spring Picture Day! - Optional
Wednesday, May 8th, 7 p.m. - Norwich Tech Presentation at our BoE Meeting - ALL INVITED, especially our 6th and 7th graders, who will soon be thinking about their high school choice!
Thursday, May 9th - Teacher Appreciation 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)
FES News and Updates:
Please continue to email FESOffice@franklinschoolct.org regarding attendance, tardies, transportation changes, and absences.
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
Teacher Appreciation Week is 5/6-5/10. PTO will be putting together a week full of treats for our amazing teachers and staff, but we need your help! Please look over the sign-up below for details and help us show our gratitude to our awesome teachers and staff! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4BA5AF2EABFA7-49261509-festeacher Thank you!!! The FES PTO, Inc
Grade 7 Parent Letter - Meeting Notes for 24-25! - Click Here!
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
Thank you to our PTO for organizing such a successful community event this past weekend!
Ms. Franchetti and the grade 3 students did their own version of the Kentucky Derby in PE class last week!
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 date for the Town Meeting when the BoE 2024-25 Proposed Budget vote will take place shall be decided upon tonight at the Town Hearing. Please note that the hearing will be in person and will not be available over Zoom.
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