Good afternoon. We hope that everyone has had a restful Thanksgiving break. With that being said, due to the increase of COVID19 positive cases in and around our district, all schools in the Franklin CUSD #1 district will go to remote learning on Monday November 30th. Monday November 30th will be a remote planning day. No instruction will occur. This planning day will allow our teachers and parents to prepare for the extended remote learning period. Beginning on Tuesday December 1st, students will be attending remotely as planned. We will remain on full remote learning until Monday December 14th. Hopefully by that time the positive cases will be declining, and we can safely return to in-person instruction. Please have a plan in place should the need arise to extend the remote learning phase. The administration will continue to monitor our region and make the safest decisions possible for our students. Students can pick up their electronic devices, at their school (East or Main Campus) on Monday November 30th from 8 am to 4 pm. Free lunch and breakfast will continue to be made available for everyone. Beginning Tuesday December 1st sack breakfast and sack lunch for the week will be available. You must call the high school office and put in your request on Monday 11/30, 217-675-2395. On Friday 12/4 please call the office to request your meals for pick up on Monday 12/7. By calling and putting in your request, we will not have any wasted food. Pick up time will be 11 am to 12 noon. These meals will be picked up at the main lobby of the high school building. As administrators, the safety of our students and community will always come first. We have worked hard on our remote learning plan for just this possibility. Working together, we can work through this and still provide meaningful education for our students. Thank you in advance for your assistance and understanding.
Sincerely,
Dr. Simonson, Jeff Waggener, Christy Willman
Remote Learning Notice 11-29-2020
https://5il.co/ndws
November 17, 2020 Board Agenda
https://5il.co/n2kf
Good evening. Tonight we have been made aware of a disruption of internet service for customers of Royell Communications Company. In the event that your internet service is not working in the morning, we will open the school up for students to sit in the gym and access the schools' internet. Doors will open at 8am. Breakfast will not be served and busses will not be running. It is an unfortunate situation, but we are trying to provide the best alternative we can. Remember that tomorrow is a half-day, and students will be dismissed at 11:30am. Hopefully everyone's service will be restored and we can have our remote learning half-day as planned. Thank you for your patience and support during these unusual times.
Updated lunch menu for November 16-19, 2020
https://5il.co/n0ft
6-12 Half-day Schedule
Thank you to all our Veterans!!
We want to make sure everyone is updated on the schedule for the remainder of the week. Wednesday, November 11th is a student attendance day.
Wednesday, November 11th - Remote learning
Thursday, November 12th – Students attend in-person
Friday, November 13th – Remote learning / 11:30 schedule
Congratulations to the Franklin chess team!!!!
The kids played in the Morton chess tournament this weekend. 13 kids participated and it was all done on-line from their homes.
The high school had a breakout day. We finished in a tie for second place out of 10 teams. Franklin won 3 out of 4 team matches. The schools we played all had high school enrollments of over 600 and we ultimately lost to Dunlap which has an enrollment of 1283. Thad Bergschnieder. Mitchell Tapscott, Cole Delany, Trevor Colwell, Isaac Carter, and Shayne White all played.
The Junior high kids also did great. Caden Colwell won all 4 of his games and tied for first place. Chase and Aiden Marcel and Clark Bergschnieder all won three of 4 to join a multi way tie for second place. AJ Harris, Zoey Ercegovich, Kristy Wright also participated. All did well and everyone got on the scoreboard.
It was a great day for Franklin and it's great in this crazy year that we can still have some events.
This is a reminder that Friday November 13th is a 11:30 professional development day. Students in grades 6-12 will have classes periods 5-8 this day.
Special Board Meeting
November 10, 2020 agenda
https://5il.co/muis
Attention Parents:
Due to the positive case of COVID19, we will not be able to provide breakfast or lunch during the shutdown of schools. We apologize for this inconvenience, however the situation is out of our control. We will notify you just as soon as we are able to provide meals again.
Dr. Simonson, Mr. Waggener, Mrs. Willman
October 30, 2020
Good evening Franklin Families and Staff,
This letter is to inform you of a positive case of COVID19 at the Jr-Sr High building. We have been actively communicating with the Morgan County Health Department and are following the Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines as well. Those infected or exposed have been quarantined in their home. As always, the health and safety of our students and staff is priority number one. We have been preparing for this type of situation since August in the event our school would need to continue our educational days in remote learning. With that in mind, we will be switching to our remote learning educational plan for all students beginning November 2nd and continue through November 11th. Students will return to school on Thursday November 12th. November 3rd, election day, will still be a holiday and no remote learning will be scheduled. Our teachers and students have been doing an excellent job of utilizing online learning on Fridays and we are confident our students will carry on the remote learning process during our lockdown. We will continue to monitor the current situation and will provide any additional information as it becomes available.
All buildings in the Franklin district will be closed and no access is available.
Sincerely,
Dr. Simonson, Mr. Waggener, Mrs. Willman
WFNB Football Fill the Trailer Food Drive
Snapshot Version 10
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Please take note that the regular scheduled October board meeting will be held on Tuesday October 27 at 6:30 pm.
Agenda: https://5il.co/mghc
Reminder- all schools in Illinois will NOT be in session on Tuesday, November 3rd. The Illinois legislature decided to give this day off so all who are eligible to vote can do so. We are IN session on Monday, November 2nd.
**We will now be IN session on March 1, 2021, Casimir Pulaski Day.
Lunch menu change for October 22nd.
Mexican casserole, lettuce and fruit
Parent guide for scheduling appointments for P/T conferences
https://5il.co/m3i8