Franklin Middle School

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

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

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

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you that we have had 3 positive cases of Covid-19 reported today at Franklin High School, 2 students and 1 staff member. Out of an abundance of caution, we will be going fully remote at the high school tomorrow. All after school and weekend activities involving high school students are canceled. I will reach out to you on Monday afternoon to let you know our status for Tuesday. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Dear Franklin Middle School Families At their March 15 monthly Board Meeting, the Franklin School Board gave school administrators permission to devise a plan to allow those families, who so choose, to have their child(ren) attend school 4 days a week according to the current schedule. Mondays will still be fully remote and the option for your child(ren) to attend fully remote will still be available. The first step in this process is to get a commitment from families for 4-day or fully remote attendance. The plan, if approved, is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, May 4, the first in-person day after the Spring Vacation. We will also be looking for confirmation whether 4-day students will need bus transportation. Here is the link to a survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcwouq7jzE60OaqSYMPPiShYT2NRr4HFNIM0YgWL2wu0NKQA/viewform?gxids=7628 Please fill it out as soon as possible. We will keep you all informed as plans move forward. As always, if you have questions about this or any other issue please contact us. Thanks for a great year so far! Mr. D and Mr. Trafton Guess what tomorrow is??!!

Hi The Concord Monitor is giving us all a way to celebrate our teachers!!! Here's the link! https://www.concordmonitor.com/Reader-Services/Contribute/Celebrate-Your-Teachers Guess what tomorrow is? Thank you for your kind support! D

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you that we have a student at Franklin Middle School that has tested positive today for COVID-19. Contact tracing has been initiated and will be completed this afternoon. The middle school is all set to stay open for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort B students. Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Congratulations to JAKOB BEAUPRE who was selected to represent the West squad in this summer’s CHaD East-West NH All-Star football game. https://nhfootballreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CHaDBig.png

Live Theater This Weekend!! A number of high school students, as well as some staff, will be performing this weekend in Franklin Footlight Community Theatre's production of The Good Doctor!! This is an amazing opportunity for our community and a chance for our students to work with many experienced adults from around the Lakes Region! Shows run Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2 pm (March 18-21). Tickets are available online at www.franklinoperahouse.org!

Here's the link to the Franklin Parks and Rec Summer 2021 Programs! https://drive.google.com/file/d/18_1QPEuxr9i7ksWPPhJ0UAnHgwRNZyAs/view?usp=sharing Happy St. Patty's Day! D

Good Afternoon FMS Families Please read the attached notice from the NH Department of Education regarding Spring Testing. We have scheduled it for mid-May, and as we get closer I will be sending out additional information regarding schedules and preparation. As always, if you have questions about this or any other matter please email me or call the school 934-5828. Guess what tomorrow is??!! Mr. D Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ZGHMT1AahJQgqy-eV29BDz19K1NMzD1/view?usp=sharing

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to let you know that we have had no other reported COVID-19 cases and are all set to reopen the elementary school tomorrow with in-person learning for Cohort B students. I appreciate your patience and support during our 2 day transition to remote learning. I will continue to keep you updated on any reported cases. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, We have had a second staff member test positive today at the elementary school related to the positive staff member case I reported to you on Saturday. We have had to quarantine 17 students and 7 staff members due to these two cases. After consulting with Public Health, we are going to go fully remote at the elementary school for Tuesday and Wednesday and then reassess our situation. I will reach out to you on Wednesday afternoon to let you know the status of the school for the remainder of the week. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

CORRECTION: Bus 806 will be about 20 minutes LATE tomorrow morning for food distribution. Thank you.