Franklin Schools SAU #18

Today’s middle school Track Meet at Winnisquam has been CANCELED...the team will practice instead at 4:00 at the FHS lower field.

Dear Franklin Families, I have been notified today of a second middle school student testing positive over the weekend. This case was expected due to prior contact tracing. We are all set for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort A students. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good Morning Franklin Families, I am reaching out to you with some updates for this coming week. First, we had two reported positive student cases over the weekend, one fully remote student at the middle school and one student at the high school. Contact tracing and notifications have been completed. I wanted to remind you that more than 60 staff members will be receiving their second dose vaccinations tomorrow and we will be going fully remote on Wednesday to allow for those who have any lingering side effects. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good Evening Franklin Families, I am reaching out to report that we have had 2 students at the middle school and 2 students at the high school test positive for Covid-19. The two middle school cases were expected based on prior contact tracing and no additional contact tracing was necessary due to the students being in quarantine. The two high school students have not been on campus recently so no close contacts were identified. We are all set for in-person learning at both schools tomorrow. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

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Good Afternoon Franklin Families, This is a reminder that all 3 schools will be fully remote tomorrow, Wednesday, April 7th due to second dose staff vaccinations that were administered today. Meals will be delivered during the morning middle/high school bus run and the middle school will be serving hot meals at the cafeteria window until 12:00. We appreciate your continued support of our staff wellness.

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I have been informed of a student testing positive at Franklin Middle School today. Contact tracing was minimal and will be completed this afternoon. We are all set to open for in-person learning for Cohort A students tomorrow morning. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you that 2 elementary school students have tested positive today for Covid-19. Contact tracing will be completed by this afternoon and we will be all set to open for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort A students. A reminder that we will be fully remote in the district this Wednesday because of staff 2nd dose vaccinations tomorrow. Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to you today with a couple of updates. We had two reported student cases over the weekend, one at Franklin Middle School and one at Franklin High School. Contact tracing and notifications have been completed. I also wanted to inform you of the Governor's Order #89 requiring schools to open 5 days per week for in-person learning for families that want it by April 19th. We have accelerated our planning to meet this timeline. Additionally, we still will be offering fully remote learning to families that select this option. In order to accommodate students attending 5 days per week, students will have 3 ft. distancing in the classroom, masks will be worn at all times in the classrooms with scheduled mask breaks throughout the day, buses will run with up to 2 students per seat, and lunches will be served with 6 ft. social distancing. We have been collecting information from you regarding your student attending in-person or remotely since last week. If you would like to change your student's status from in-person to remote or remote to in-person based on this new information, please contact the school office. Please let me know if you have any questions, Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good Evening Franklin Families, I have been notified of 2 positive student cases at the elementary school today. Contact tracing and notifications have been completed. I hope that everyone has a safe and healthy weekend. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good Evening Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you that a student at Franklin High School tested positive for Covid 19 today. Contact tracing and notifications will be completed this evening and we will be open for Cohort B students tomorrow morning. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Here is what's happening today (4/1) for sports due to the weather: FHS T & F is canceled, FHS Baseball will be in the fhs gym from 4-6pm, FHS Softball will be in the fhs gym from 6-8pm. FMS T & F is canceled, FMS softball is canceled, FMS baseball will be in the fms gym from 5:30-7pm.

Good Morning Franklin Families, I am writing to you today to update you on our staff vaccination efforts. We have scheduled 2nd dose vaccinations for our staff on Tuesday, April 6th and Tuesday, April 13. We will have 60 plus staff members receiving vaccinations on each of these days. Several districts have run into issues with staff calling out sick the day after the administration of the second dose due to experiencing symptoms. This has led to either last minute closure of the schools or pivoting to remote status in the early morning hour before school starts. In order to avoid the confusion of this scenario, I am notifying you in advance that we will be fully remote at all 3 schools on Wednesday, April 7th and Wednesday, April 14th. The days will run similar to our remote Mondays with as many as our staff as possible providing on-line instruction. Staff that are unable to provide on-line instruction due to illness will provide assignments to students for the day. I wanted to give you advance notice of this so you could make the necessary arrangements for your students on those days. I appreciate your understanding as we work to complete the vaccination of our staff members. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, We have completed all contact tracing and notifications from our last positive case at Franklin High School. After consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Education (DOE) , we are all set to open Franklin High School tomorrow morning for Cohort A students. I appreciate your patience and support as we worked through this process and look forward to the students returning to the high school tomorrow morning. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

MIDDLE School spring sports start tomorrow and it looks like this: Baseball = 1:45-3:30 at fhs basbeall field...players will take Bus 806 right after school and be taken to fhs Softball = 1:45-3:30 at Daniell Park T & F = 4:00-5:30 at fhs lower field

First day of practices/tryouts for HIGH School spring sports tomorrow (Tue 3/30) is canceled due to their fully remote status. They will resume on Wed (3/31) if full remote status is pulled and it will look like this: T & F = 1:45-3:30pm at fhs lower field Softball = 5-7pm at Odell Park Baseball = 5-7pm at fhs baseball field Contact AD Dan Sylvester with any questions at dsylvester@gm.sau18.org

Good Morning Franklin Families, I am reaching out to you to let you know that we had 2 positive staff cases and 1 positive student case at Franklin High School over the weekend. We continue to contact trace and make notifications. In the contact tracing process this weekend, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has identified a "cluster" at Franklin High School. A cluster is defined as 3 or more cases connected to the school setting. In our case, they have identified 3 of our cases to be connected to the school setting. In consultation with DHHS and the Department of Education we will be going fully remote on Tuesday at Franklin High School so we can be thorough and complete the contact tracing on these cases. I will continue to monitor the situation in conjunction with DHHS and the Department of Education and let you know tomorrow afternoon where we are for Wednesday at the high school. Please remember to be vigilant in our mitigation strategies, social distancing, wearing of masks, and frequent handwashing. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to let you know that contact tracing and notifications have been completed from our cases at Franklin High School including the student case from today. I hope this brings you a bit of comfort heading into the weekend. I will continue to keep you updated as we head into next week. I hope you have a safe and healthy weekend. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you we have had a Franklin High School student test positive today for Covid-19. We are initiating our contact tracing and notification protocols. We continue to communicate with Public Health regarding our recent cases and I will let you know if they make any recommendations to us regarding school at the high school next week. As you know, we are already remote on Monday in the district. I will update you when the contact tracing is completed and I have more information from Public Health. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

3/25/21 Good evening Franklin Families, I have just been informed of a second staff member at Franklin High School that has tested positive this evening. We are initiating contact tracing. We will be working in consultation with Public Health over the next several days to determine what next steps we will need to take regarding our 4 positive cases today at the high school. I will update you as soon as I have more information. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org