Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
The Franklin Regional School District, the Panther Foundation and the Murrysville Community Library Foundation announced a joint effort to bring the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to children under 5 in Export and Murrysville, funded for two years and led by a new volunteer committee.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
The board approved three proposed electives for 2026–27—including a jazz lab, college-prep musicians class and a golf-simulator elective—after discussion of prerequisites, facility logistics and budget; the golf elective passed 8–1 on a roll-call vote.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
Indiana University of Pennsylvania will co-lead a two-year Digital Storytelling Project with Franklin Regional’s 11th-grade English program, backed by a $250,000 grant that will fund evaluation (anonymized, IRB-reviewed) of integrated decision-education and digital-story units.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
District technology director presented a multi-year technology budget—Chromebooks, switches and a new main firewall—with e-rate eligibility for some items; the board discussed Chromebook price inflation and a proposed 4-year accidental-damage warranty.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
Trustees questioned the timing and process of a Westmoreland Intermediate Unit request to amend daily budget rates for Clearview programs, citing large end-of-year reconciliations for some districts and a lack of prior WIU board discussion.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
The board approved consent agenda items including ESL translation contracts, facilities repairs and a Children’s Institute agreement; it also approved December and January bills, and accepted a $100,000 YASP grant for career academies.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
The Franklin Regional School Board voted 9–0 to adopt a resolution to stay within Pennsylvania's Act 1 index (3.5%), authorizing up to a 4.05-mill increase and roughly $1.465 million in potential 2026–27 revenue and formally starting the district's budget season.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
The Franklin Regional Board of School Directors approved a schedule of Monday-night public meeting dates for 2026, approved the personnel agenda by voice vote, clarified the treasurer's July–June cycle and asked new members to submit committee preferences to staff.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
At its Dec. 1, 2025 organization meeting the Franklin Regional Board of School Directors elected Kevin Krimsky president and Deb O'Lien vice president by acclamation after new members were sworn in; Scott Wyman served as president pro tempore during the officer elections.
Pennsylvania / School Districts / Franklin Regional SD
The school board heard vendor presentations and community testimony, and approved consent agenda items that include authorization to pursue up to $10.5 million in design-build financing for a multi-site athletic field renovation. Officials said the plan would be phased to limit budgetary impact and could add roughly 1.93 mills in an illustrative scenario.