The Franklin Press
Principal's Update - November 2017
November Updates
November is a quick and busy month at school packed with many great activities that promote great learning! Below are a few highlights!
Veterans Day
Our annual Veterans Day Ceremony was a huge success! The students sang patriotic songs to honor our 8 distinguished veteran guests. Ask your child how Mr. Meurer used instant coffee to explain how we can learn a lot from our veterans or see for yourself in the video above!
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Many thanks to everyone for donating canned goods, turkeys, etc. for our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive! Thank you also to the PTO for purchasing bread, eggs, and milk as well. These donations are going to support 10 of our own BF families.
Wild West Book Fair
The kids are thoroughly enjoying our Wild West Book Fair! The Scholastic Book Fair is open throughout Parent-Teacher Conferences. Many kids and families especially enjoyed the book recommendation videos starring Read Along Rick (aka Mr. Meurer) who also made an appearance at the school on Wild West Day! Check out our Twitter and Facebook pages for these videos and pictures of the kids in their best wild west!
American Education Week
Make sure you've checked out this letter from Mr. Meurer and/or seen your teacher's email/letter come home about this opportunity.
Community Conversation
Coming Nov 30 at 7 pm at LHS is our annual district Community Conversation. Click HERE to learn more about it - child care is available.
Jan 23 Referendum Information
The April, July, and November, 2017 editions of The Link, the district's newsletter for the Lawrence community, and the September 2017 Back-to-School Bulletin included articles about an upcoming referendum the Board of Education (BOE) is bringing before Lawrence Township residents for a vote on January 23, 2018.
The estimated cost of the referendum is approximately $25 million. Business Administrator Tom Eldridge submitted the proposed projects and projected costs, supplied by our architects, to the New Jersey Department of Education, to learn how much of the cost will be paid by the state. The feedback we received is that all projects are eligible for partial state funding. Thus, the state of New Jersey will pay 40% of the costs of the referendum.
Referendum projects include:
- air conditioning classrooms and some other spaces not already air conditioned;
- life safety & security system upgrades at all schools and district buildings including telephone, public address, intrusion alarm and access control systems;
- boiler and heating system replacement at Lawrence Middle School (LMS) and Lawrence High School;
- elevator construction and related work at LMS (to provide accessibility to all parts of the school for those persons on crutches, in a wheelchair, or who have a disability); and
- security vestibule construction at Slackwood School, Eldridge Park School, Lawrence Intermediate School, and LMS.
Click on the buttons below for a Q&A document as well as voter registration applications.
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