Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Framingham Town Meeting will start the night hearing a presentation on the $102 million public school budget. Framingham Patch will be live blogging.
Framingham Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Nevins Hall in the Memorial Building. Framingham Patch will be live blogging. Tuesday night, Town Meeting members approved a $13 million Fire Department budget and a $9 million Public Works budget with no discussion, within minutes; but spend almost an hour debating a non-binding resolution for English as second language classes. The resolution failed. Read Day 6 of the Framingham Patch live blog of Town Meeting, for all of the ESL discussion Tuesday night. To see what you have missed on the other nights, check out our live blogs from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5. Town Meeting will start tonight with a presentation on the Framingham Public Schools proposed $102 million budget…
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott announced today he has hired a new principal for the level 3 school, from the Pawtucket School System.
Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott announced Friday afternoon he has hired a new principal for Wilson Elementary School, one of the town's level 3 schools. Scott hired John Haidemenos, Jr. the Principal at the Joseph Jenks Jr. High and the Jacqueline Walsh School for the Arts in Pawtucket, R.I. Haidemenos Jr. and current Wilson Elementary School Assistant Principal John Maynard were the two finalists to replace retiring Robin Welch. “I have considered the input from the school staff, district staff, and the community in my selection of the next building leader for the school. The candidate that best fits the school’s identified needs of academic advancement for all students to exceed our expectations is Mr. John Haidemenos, …
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Superintendent of Schools and Framingham School Committee issued statement on Monday announcing specific details of teachers agreement reached with union.
UPDATED 7:55 p.m.: Framingham Teachers Association voted 88 percent in favor of a new contract, said FTA President Sam Miskin. *** The Framingham School Committee issued a statement on Monday, May 6 that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Framingham Teachers Association. Framingham Patch reported on April 10 that an agreement had been reached by the two sides in closed door negotiations. The agreement comes after over 12 months of negotiations, which at times were assisted by a state mediator. Framingham Teachers Association members will vote this afternoon (May 7) to ratify the contract at Fuller Middle School. They held an informational session for members at Fuller yesterday. The Framingham School Committee anticipates …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Finalists for the principal position at Fuller Middle School are now down to just one candidate as the other finalist has accepted a position in Newton.
Parents are invited tonight (April 24) to meet the lone finalist for the Fuller Middle School Principal position at 7 in the school's library. The lone finalist to replace former Fuller Middle Principal Juan Rodriguez, is Sharon Seyller. Seyller is in her third year as an Assistant Principal at the Fowler Middle School in Maynard. She also served three years as a Vice Principal/Interim Principal at Scituate Middle School. Seyller has more than 15 years of guidance counselor experience in New Hampshire and Massachusetts public schools. She spent the day in Framingham Tuesday, said Human Resources Director Paula Ceglowski. It is unknown if Dr. Scott will name Seyller as the new principal, or if he will decide to hold a second principal …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Framingham School Committee will ratify the contract after teachers vote; Framingham Teachers Association members are expected to vote after school vacation week.
After a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, Framingham Public Schools and the Framingham Teachers Association have reached an agreement on a new contract. Superintendent Stacy Scott announced during Wednesday night's School Committee meeeting that a memorandum of agreement had been finalized earlier in the day, during a mediation session. Framingham Patch reported early Wednesday, that the two sides were at 99 percent agreement before its scheduled Wednesday morning session. "With the contract settled, we look forward to providing undivided attention to student achievement for our district once again," Scott said, citing the need to focus on addressing rising enrollments, develop facilities and reenergize programs such as …
Framingham Patch has learned that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights will look into reports that Framingham High violated Title IX when responding to reports of two sexual assaults in the school last spring.
UPDATED 10:45 p.m. Statement from School Committee Chair Beverly Hugo UPDATED 9:15 p.m. Statement from Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott *** The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights will look into reports that Framingham High violated Title IX when responding to reports of two sexual assaults in the school last spring. The federal Civil Rights' office evaluated a complaint and has determined there is enough legal evidence to investigate. The complaint states Framingham School District did not take appropriate action in response to a complaint, does not have appropriate Title IX grievance procedures in place and did not have a designee coordinating the district's compliance under Title IX. Superintendent of Schools …
Superintendent of Schools announced two finalists Wednesday for both the Fuller Middle School and Wilson Elementary School principal positions.
Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott announced two finalists Wednesday afternoon for both the Fuller Middle School and Wilson Elementary School principal positions. Parents can meet the finalists for Wilson Elementary on April 23 and Fuller Middle on April 24. (More details below on those forums.) The two finalists to become the next principal at Fuller Middle School are John Harutunian and Sharon Seyller. The two candidates identified by a search team to replace Principal Robin Welch at Wilson Elementary School are John Haidemenos, Jr. and John Maynard. Harutunian is currently the Assistant Principal at the Robert H. Adams Middle School in Holliston. He has served in that capacity since July of 2008. Previously, he was a Bilingual/ESL …
Both the Superintendent of Schools and the Framingham Teachers Association President said they have agreed on 99 percent of the contract, with both sides hopeful to reach 100 percent agreement in today's session.
Monday night, Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott said the school district and the Framingham Teachers Association are in agreement on 99 percent of the proposed contract. Tuesday afternoon, Framingham Teachers Association President Sam Miskin agreed with Scott and said they are at 99 percent agreement on a proposed contract. This is the first time, during these negotiations, that both sides have agreed on the amount of progress. Scott and Miskin were both hopeful that the two sides could reach 100 percent agreement this morning, during the latest mediation session. Scott told the School Committee Monday night he was "grateful for the progress." Miskin said if an agreement is reached this week, he would present it to the union membership…
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
After reports of two sexual assaults at Framingham High last spring, the Superintendent of Schools unveiled an action plan and a crisis response team Monday night.
Parents continued to speak out about the school district's handling of two reports of sexual assault by a Framingham High football players against two females last spring within the walls of Framingham high School. Looking towards the future and not the past, Framingham School Superintendent Stacy Scott unveiled an action plan and a crisis response team to deal with future reports of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual assault within the public school system. Editor's Note: Scott was not the superintendent of schools when students reported the two assaults last spring. "In the life of any community, critical moments may be turning points where we may be faced with the question of who we truly are and what we hold dear. The reports …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
There will be a budget hearing and presentation tonight at the Framingham School Committee meeting in the King Administration Building at 7:30.
Framingham Public Schools will be asking Town Meeting members to approve a $100 million-plus budget for the 2013-14 school year. Tonight, the Framingham School Committee will hold a public hearing on the budget at 7:30 in the King Administration Building. As part of the public hearing, Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott will make a presentation, followed by a public comment period. This year, Framingham Public School has a budget of $97.557 million. A level-service budget for next year would be $100.915 million. Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott told Framingham School Committee members last Thursday that after consulting with Town Manager Bob Halpin and Framingham CFO MaryEllen Kelley, he is proposing a $102.115 million budget for …
Somer McLean
3:25 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Mr. Rodriguez we will miss u!! As both my girls went there he was an AMAZING principal ... Good luck on your next journey! more ›