Spring 2024 Franklin Forward Update

As you are aware, in early April, just after Spring Break, a long-range facility plan survey was mailed to all homes* within Franklin Public Schools boundaries. District Leaders and the FPS School Board have been engaged in long-range facility planning since late last summer and the culmination of that work is the survey sent to you by School Perceptions so that we can best gauge interest and support on our planning and next steps. Parents of FPS students were also emailed the survey if you prefer to take it online and this email came from School Perceptions as well.

*If you did not receive a survey in the mail, please contact the ECC District Office at 414-529-8220 and someone will help you.

Provided in this update is the following information about Franklin Forward:

• (NEW!) FHS Career & Technical Education (CTE) Video
  

• (NEW!) FHS Physical Education & Athletic Spaces Video

• (NEW!) FHS Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS) Culinary Spaces Video

• A recording of a Community Engagement Session (in case you weren’t able to join us)

NEWLY CREATED! Provided below are (3) short videos that spotlight specific areas at Franklin High School we hope to address through the work of Franklin Forward. We put these together recently and share them with you now so you have a better understanding of the current state of these spaces. While these videos don't cover or address every area of the proposed Phase 1 and 2 referred to in the survey, we hope it is helpful to briefly visit the spaces in these videos to get a better idea of the needs.

Career & Technical Education (5 mins)

Phy Ed/Athletics (4:22 mins)

Culinary Spaces (2:37 mins)

These links are provided to specific parts in the video above about these spaces:

• 0:17 - Metals & Manufacturing
• 1:28 - Woods & Construction
• 2:56 - Autos

These links are provided to specific parts in the video above about these spaces:

• 0:12 - Gym
• 1:21 - Weight Room
• 2:09 - Multipurpose Room
• 2:35 - Pool

In February, we held (3) Community Engagement Sessions where district leaders and partners shared findings and recommendations from Franklin Forward with the community to inform and seek feedback. This video below (and the link to it is here) is a recording from the February 20th session. The video has been edited down to just the presentation content. Links below the video will take you to specific parts of the video if you wish.

(If you would like to see the slides used in the presentation below, click here)

If you would like to jump to specific points in the presentation, please use the timecodes and links below:

• 00:16 - FPS District Administrator Annalee Bennin shared FPS History & Timeline
• 04:48 - What is "Franklin Forward?"
• 05:50 - Celebrating the work and design of Forest Park Middle School (with Nick Kent, PRA Architect)
• 12:59 - Elementary Schools Review & Recommendations (Enrollment & Capacity, Maintenance Needs, Geography & Location, Educational Suitability)
• 26:07 - Franklin High School Review & Recommendations (Enrollment & Capacity, Maintenance Needs, Geography & Location, Educational Suitability)
• 37:12 - Districtwide Planning (Financial Impact & Planning)

HAVE QUESTIONS?

If you have questions, we encourage you to visit the website and use the “Submit A Question Form” as this helps us to direct the question to the appropriate person for your need.

DIDN’T RECEIVE YOUR SURVEY?
If you did not receive a survey in the mail, please contact the ECC District Office at 414-529-8220 and someone will help you.

Whether you complete your survey on paper or online, please do so before this coming Monday. If you complete on paper, you may turn it in to any of our school buildings or the district office.

The School Board will receive the data from School Perceptions in late May and then decide in June the action to take for next steps on our long-term facility planning, which could include going to referendum in November. The community survey data will be very important to help those discussions to occur about what should happen next.

For the most recent updates on our Franklin Forward planning, you can view this webpage here or by going to www.franklin.k12.wi.us/franklinforward

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