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Franklin council proposes $2.7m override

Email|Link|Comments (1) Posted by Martin Finucane April 12, 2007 10:06 AM

The Franklin Town Council weighed several possible Proposition 21/2 override amounts last night before voting by a slim margin to put the smallest number, $2.7 million, before voters next month.

If approved, the money will support the school department budget, which school committee chairman Jeffrey Roy told councilors is $6 million short of what's needed for a "great" district.

Councilors had also considered proposing a $4 million override, but several said Franklin residents would not approve a figure that large.

In Franklin, voters have approved overrides for new buildings like schools but never to supplement the operating budget, defeating several in the past decade, according to Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting.

School Superintendent Wayne Ogden outlined job cuts that would be made to balance the budget, saying that more than 20 elementary school-level teaching positions are likely to be eliminated and fees for bus transportation, sports and after-school programs will be increased.

-- Alison O'Leary Murray

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I am deeply troubled by the fact that once again citizens of Franklin are being asked to vote on a prop 2 1/2 override. I find myself,as a person nearing retirement age, worrying that after this override proposal yet another one will appear in a couple of years and maybe more after that. When it is going to end? If our school system is considered "good" now and would be "great" after additional funds, who is going to be able to afford to live in our town?

Posted by Ann Buckley May 5, 08 09:54 AM