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Mackenzie Atwood, a senior at Franklin High School in Massachusetts, shared her experiences with bullying at the school as a gay woman, when a woman said her story was 'indoctrination.'
Wicked Local FRANKLIN -- When school officials took up the question more than a year ago about whether the time has come to retire the Davis Thayer School, they knew they were taking on a question charged with emotion. In the end, they could not ignore the writing on the chalk board when faced with the facts: Shrinking enrollment, stretched budgets, and the challenges of meeting modern educational standards in an aging, expensive-to-maintain building that in just three years will turn 100. With a modicum of discussion, and an air of resignation, the School Committee on Tuesday voted 5-2 to sh...
Country Gazette FRANKLIN — The holiday break for Franklin public school students may have come to an end, but rumors have been swirling that their plans to party or visit others out of state haven't, said Franklin Superintendent of Schools Sara Ahern at a School Committee meeting this week. Ahern said rumors of house parties and families traveling out of state on weekends have been heard by the administration, similar to whispers heard after a widely attended party on Halloween. As a result of that indoor Halloween house party, which up to 50 high school students attended, Franklin High ...
The Milford Daily News FRANKLIN — Winter break for Franklin public school students has come to an end, but rumors have been swirling that for several weeks, their plans to party or visit others out of state hadn't, said Franklin Superintendent of Schools Sara Ahern at a School Committee meeting on Tuesday night. Ahern said rumors of house parties and families traveling out of state on weekends have been heard by the administration, similar to whispers heard after a widely attended party on Halloween last year. As a result of that indoor Halloween house party, in which up to 50 high sc...