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Franklin School Committee approves district and school improvement plans after presentations from principals and central office
Summary
After a series of presentations from central office and building leaders, the Franklin School Committee voted to approve the district improvement plan and the individual school improvement plans, directing staff to continue implementation and to report back on specified metrics.
The Franklin School Committee on the evening of the meeting approved the district improvement plan and the individual school improvement plans after hearing updates from central office and building leaders across the district.
Superintendent Jagielski opened the presentations by framing the work around four strategic objectives—strengthening school and community collaboration, building coherent systems, aligning instructional practices and expanding transparent communication—and asked building and department leaders to report progress against those objectives. Dr. Rogers presented the Office of Teaching and Learning’s work on professional learning, a draft MTSS handbook and instructional learning team (ILT) visits, and pointed to linked evidence for the committee’s review. Student services leaders highlighted changes to IEP processes intended to increase family input and documentation practices for DESE reporting.
The committee discussed several common themes raised in the presentations, including classroom walk-throughs, MTSS development and consistency of grading practices. Craig Williams, principal of Franklin Middle School, described new PLC norms and a PLC launch to protect shared meeting time. Maria Weaver, Franklin High School principal, said the school has begun a three-year grading audit to calibrate gradebook structure, homework, retake and late-work policies across departments.
Committee members pressed presenters on measurable evidence and next steps. The budget office reported the town Finance Committee recommended a $60,000 decrease to the schools’ requests, and the superintendent reminded the committee that final allocations will be decided by the Town Council following its May hearings. Several administrators pointed the committee to linked evidence in the improvement documents and said more quantitative metrics would be added during the pre‑retreat and summer planning cycle.
After questions and clarifications, the committee voted to approve the district improvement plan and then approved each school’s plan. The committee asked staff to return with clearer metrics and next-action items following the end-of-year debrief and the administrative summer retreat.
What’s next: administrators said they will refine measures over the summer and present a summary of community input and progress at the June school committee meeting.
