By John Estridge No mask mandate. Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees had a special meeting Monday night, August 23. The meeting was supposed to be a nice event, a tour of the new music addition and the new upgrades at other parts of Franklin County High School. That was postponed. The topic …
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No mask mandate for FCCSC schools
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Mandatory masks may be in FCCSC students’ near future
By John Estridge Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Monday afternoon, August 23. First on the school board’s 5:30 p.m. agenda is “discussion on COVID-19 procedures.” That could be a discussion about making masks mandatory at the schools within the system. Or some other safety procedures could be …
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Snapchat threats, Snapchat photos of the threatening student with guns and a vicious unprovoked attack on a school bus lead Brookville Middle School parents to be in fear for their children
By John Estridge NOTE THE EVENT DID NOT HAPPEN AT MT. CARMEL SCHOOL. IT HAPPENED IN THE MT. CARMEL SCHOOL PARKING LOT, ACCORDING TO FCCSC SUPERINTENDENT TAMMY CHAVIS. SHE DID NOT SAY IN WHICH SCHOOL THIS IS OCCURRING. PARENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND STATED THIS IS AT BROOKVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. STUDENT 1 WAS …
FCHS students to go back to pre-pandemic schedule; school board members offended they are accused of trying to hurt children
By John Estridge Franklin County High School students will return to their pre-pandemic schedule Thursday morning, February 11. The unanimous decision was made after a lengthy discussion during the public participation portion of the meeting and then again during the superintendent’s comments at the Monday, February 8, Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees’ …
Franklin County Middle School to go to fulltime in-person learning Monday, Feb. 1 while Franklin County High School remains on hybrid schedule
By John Estridge Franklin County Middle School will go back on Monday, February 1, to what was a normal, fulltime in-school schedule before the pandemic while Franklin County High School will remain on its current hybrid schedule at least until the next regularly scheduled school board meeting set for Monday evening, February 8. Those decisions …
Sharon Wesolowski is new FCCSC Board of Trustees president in 4-3 vote
By John Estridge Sharon Wesolowski was elected the Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees president in the school board’s initial 2021 meeting. Usually, elections for government entity officers are cut and dried, but that was not the case with the nominations for president. Wesolowski nudged out Rick Gill in a 4-3 vote. Wesolowski, …
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FC Middle School teacher Misty Ferman is named FCCSC Educator of the Month
By John Estridge Franklin County Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Debbie Howell announced Misty Ferman, teacher at Franklin County Middle School, has been selected as November’s Educator of the Month. Ferman is in her 20th year of teaching for the FCCSC. She received her bachelor’s degree from Franklin College. She continued her education at Indiana …
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As the state and country are dealing with a surge in COVID-19 positive tests, FCCSC Board of Trustees vote to keep hybrid model at FCHS through end of calendar year
By John Estridge Franklin County High School will stay on the hybrid teaching system through the end of the calendar year. That was decided in a 5-2 vote Monday night, November 9, at the Franklin County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees meeting. Board members Sharon Wesolowski and Terry Bryant voted against the continuation of …
School nurses honored for their hard work and ingenuity during pandemic
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