Paul Smith Elementary

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I have been notified that a fully remote middle school student tested positive today for COVID-19. Contact tracing has been completed and no close contacts were identified. Thank you for your continued support in helping to keep everyone safe and healthy. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good Morning Franklin Families, I was notified this morning of an incident that occurred after school yesterday involving a school bus. The bus was a Winnisquam bus that was dropping off the Franklin High School HUOT students at Franklin High School. A bowling ball crashed through the window of the bus while the driver was on the way back to dispatch. The driver was not injured and there were no students on the bus at the time. The incident is under investigation by the Franklin Police Department. 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

Portrait of a Franklin Graduate is looking for parent feedback on its draft portrait. Our first parent focus group session is Monday, April 19, from 3:30-4:00. Register here. Can't make that date, but want to give input, let us know when you're available on this form. We'll be holding sessions through the end of May.

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

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

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!

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

Good Afternoon: Bus 806 will be about 20 minutes tomorrow morning for food distribution.

Dear Franklin Families, We have completed our contact tracing process and all notifications have been made for our positive staff member case at the elementary school from yesterday. Thank you for you patience as we worked through the process. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Dear Franklin Families, I have just been notified that a staff member at the elementary school has tested positive for Covid-19. We are initiating the contact tracing process. I will let you know when we have completed the process and notified all close contacts. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Evening Franklin Families: I have just been informed of related positive student cases at both Franklin High School and Franklin Middle School. There has been no contact with any students due to vacation so we are all set for in-person learning tomorrow. Please remember to stay vigilant with our mitigation strategies: mask wearing, social distancing, and frequent hand washing and sanitization. Sincerely, Daniel LeGallo Superintendent

Good Afternoon Franklin Families: We will be fully remote tomorrow due to the storm. There will be no meal deliveries or pick ups.

Good evening Franklin Families, This is just a reminder that we have a remote day of school tomorrow in the Franklin School District. We will be delivering double meals tomorrow morning due to the potential storm coming Monday night into Tuesday morning. Our window at the middle school will be open for meal pickups tomorrow until 12:00. Stay tuned for further updates on the incoming storm.