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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. The Charter School Experiment.is it working? Two years ago the NH Legislature gave its stamp of approval to Charter schools. A handful are now open in the state. One school, the Franklin Career Academy, closed this year due to funding Issues. We'll talk about the FUTURE of charter schools in a moment. But, first,a look back at Franklin Career Academy -- the state's FIRST charter school. There was much fanfare when the school opened in August of 2004 --and, we were there for the festivities. |
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IN: This fall, Franklin became home to the state's first charter school. The Franklin Career Academy opened its doors in late August. 40 students grades 7-to-12 have signed up - and, there's already a waiting list. IN: At the school's opening ceremonies -students and teachers were hailed as pioneers in the world of education. SOT: Fred Bramante Chair, NH Board of Education: It is well known that lots of kids don't do well in traditional classroom environment. And, I'm gonna tell you two of them -right here, the Governor, who was told in high school that he wasn't college material. Am, I right Governor. when I was in high school. There were 191 kids I finished 182, I'd beaten 9 kids. Somehow we ended up doing okay and I have high expectations for the kids going to this school. YOU'RE NOW INTO YOUR FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. SOT: Wes Grimm/Student: It was great. TR: Located in the former St Mary's School in downtown Franklin - the academy is close to all the facilities it hopes to partner with. It was start-up money that got the school off the ground. Whether it stays open will depend in large part, on strong community support. SOT: Nicholas Donohue/Commissioner of Education: We won a grant from the Federal Government. They'll have to raise money to sustain themselves - it will continue to be big financial challenge. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO NAYSAYERS WON'T BE HERE NEXT YeAR. You never know what future will bring but you have to make a start. . TR: Proponents say Charter Schools are the WAVE of the future. SOT: Carol Sideras: It's only the beginning. I've talked with a lot of other charter school folks, and they've got some great things coming up. TR: As for being the state's FIRST charter school. SOT: It's nice to be number one, we like being first out of the gate absolutely. |
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The First to Open.and the first to Close -- sparking renewed debate over Charter schools and their viability. If funding issues are resolved, the Franklin Career Academy may try to Re-Open as early as January. |
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Here to talk about the "state" of Charter Schools in New Hampshire: John Moody, with the NH School Administrators Association and Bill Grimm, one of the founders of the Franklin Career Academy. Sue Hollins, with the NH Center for School Reform and Maria Minickiello, the Director of the Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy in Dover. Welcome to all of you. |
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The Franklin Charter School has certainly been in the news of late. There's been a "tug-of-war" over education dollars. The Franklin City Council refused to pass along 75-thousand in state-aid to the academy. So, the Education Commissioner stepped in. He's "with-holding" partial aid to 3 districts to pay for the charter school. The debate over how and IF, to pay the Franklin charter school what the state says it's owed -- may now be headed to Court. How the matter is resolved --is a subject of much interest. Q Bill Grimm: Franklin had 5-year charter. If the school gets the state Money -- will they RE-OPEN? ** Critics say -- even with that Money -- given all the feuding in town, the school LACKS the needed Community support -- and will ultimately fail. |
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Q MARIA MINICKEILLO: When you see what happened in Franklin.do you worry about FUNDING?? Why Cocheco Arts & Technology school different?? Q SUE HOLLINS: Let's start at the beginning.WHY do we need Charter Schools in NH?? Q JOHN MOODY: You're also the Supt of Derry Schools. FUNDING seems to be at the heart of the Charter School Debate. ** Should STATE provide more MONEY to charter schools?? ** what needs to CHANGE.to eliminate more problems like the Franklin scenario. Q SUE HOLLINS: William Boc, with the State Board of Education, A vocal critic of Charter schools says: The problems is the State has authorized Charter Schools in communities that DON'T want them. ** BOC says: Doesn't want to APPROVE any MORE.until Legislature SORTS out how they will be funded. ** BOC wants He wants changes in law -- that would require local SCHOOL district to give go-ahead as well as state to get school APPROVED. Q BILL GRIMM: AT recent board meeting Bd Member William Boc said he wants to REVOKE the school's charter.because of what he calls the "financial crisis" - does that worry you???? ** Franklin's charter involved AT-RISK students: school Board argues:.when it closed most of the students had been home schooled. Q MARIA: Critics say -- Charter schools take way Funding and FOCUS from public schools.that Anything Charter School can do.Should be done within the public school system? To that you say??? Q JOHN MOODY: The federal government now budgets millions of dollars for charter school proposal development -- allowing for initial administration costs. BUT.IF local school boards DON'T want to pitch in.isn't this setting up SCHOOLS to ultimately CLOSE when funding goes DRY??? ** Charter school teachers don't need to be cerified??? Q SUE HOLLINS: PARENTS of those attending Franklin. UPSET state education officials didn't do more to PREVENT school from closing. ** Should the STATE have done more??? Wm Boc says.charter schools consist mostly of children of those who FOUNDED them. Q BILL GRIMM: Where will that 75-thousand dollars go? Toward Teacher salaries??? expenses???? How difficult will it be to FIND teachers.if they feel funding could fall thru NEXT year??? Q JOHN MOODY: Will what happened in Franklin.give some communities PAUSE in starting up NEW charter schools???? Q SUE HOLLINS: The State Board has approved a NEW charter school in Rochester that will focus on the horse-riding industry -- The Equestrian Academy. raising MORE questions about STATE FUNDING. On-going debate.we'll be watching with interest. Thank you for sharing your perspective. BILL GRIMM, MARIA MINICKIELLO, JOHN MOODY, & SUSAN HOLLIS |
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That concludes this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. Thanks for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. We'll see you next time. |
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The charter called for the school to teach at-risk students. School board and council members said when the school closed in June, most of the students were those who had previously been home schooled. The council also voted not to pay the tuition, saying the state approved the school, without giving money for it.epartment of Education is withholding school aid to 3 districts. NH--Franklin Charter School Franklin fighting charter school payment dewcon FRANKLIN, N.H. - The school board in Franklin has voted to do everything it can, including going to court, to recover the 75 thousand dollars in state education aid withheld from the school district this fall to pay for a charter school. The state Department of Education kept Franklin's money because the city did not send that amount to the Franklin Career Academy charter school last year. The board's move was the latest in the city's debate over how, and if, to pay the charter school what the state says it's owed. AP-NY-09-20-05 0534EDT Dawn DeAngelis Executive Producer NH Outlook 603.868.4357 603.868.7552 ddeangelis@nhptv.org www.nhptv.org/outlook FRANKLIN, N.H. - State education officials have ordered the city of Franklin to pay a charter school the 75 thousand dollars in tuition owed for students who attended in the last school year. Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy told School Superintendent Robert McKenney he he intends to take the money from the Franklin School District's state education grant. Earlier this year, the School Board and City Council asked the state to investigate the Franklin Career Academy, saying the school was not doing what was promised when the state approved its charter. The charter called for the school to teach at-risk students. School board and council members said when the school closed in June, most of the students were those who had previously been home schooled. The council also voted not to pay the tuition, saying the state approved the school, without giving money for it. epartment of Education is withholding school aid to 3 districts. NH--Franklin Charter School Franklin fighting charter school payment dewcon FRANKLIN, N.H. - The school board in Franklin has voted to do everything it can, including going to court, to recover the 75 thousand dollars in state education aid withheld from the school district this fall to pay for a charter school. The state Department of Education kept Franklin's money because the city did not send that amount to the Franklin Career Academy charter school last year. The board's move was the latest in the city's debate over how, and if, to pay the charter school what the state says it's owed. AP-NY-09-20-05 0534EDT Dawn DeAngelis Executive Producer NH Outlook 603.868.4357 603.868.7552 ddeangelis@nhptv.org www.nhptv.org/outlook FRANKLIN, N.H. - State education officials have ordered the city of Franklin to pay a charter school the 75 thousand dollars in tuition owed for students who attended in the last school year. Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy told School Superintendent Robert McKenney he he intends to take the money from the Franklin School District's state education grant. Earlier this year, the School Board and City Council asked the state to investigate the Franklin Career Academy, saying the school was not doing what was promised when the state approved its charter. The charter called for the school to teach at-risk students. School board and council members said when the school closed in June, most of the students were those who had previously been home schooled. The council also voted not to pay the tuition, saying the state approved the school, without giving money for it. |
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Then later -- a skate park that TEENAGERS can call their own. |
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Since we began the program with a story about Franklin, we thought we'd end the broadcast with another story about people in that community pulling together for a common goal. 3 years ago Franklin opened a skate park in town in an effort to give kids somewhere to go. Many of the teenagers and adults who originally worked on the project have moved-on but their dream is still there. We look back now on Producer Max Pearlstein's visit to Franklin in 2002 for the opening of the skate park. |
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V.O.: Concrete and metal may not seem like much to most of us, but to a skateboarder, it's everything. Jordan: It's a really fun sport. A lot of pain, but I guess the pain, if you're a skateboarder, it almost motivates you to keep going. It's just a great sport. I absolutely love it. V.O.: That's why Jordan got involved when the idea of building a skate park in Franklin was proposed four years ago. This is an area where, outside of organized sports or, if you can afford it, summer camp, there's nothing for teenagers to do. Tracy: For a few years I lived in Franklin and I lived in an area where I got to see the delinquencies and at-risk behaviors. And when asking kids why they were doing those things, it was because they had nothing better to do. I've seen a lot of teenage pregnancies, a lot of teenage drug abuse and I was compelled to do something for these kids to let them know that there are people out there who care, and although I'm not willing to do it all, I'm willing to lead them and guide them. V.O.: Tracy Coutemarche helped form the Tri-Com Youth Association along with Wilbor Boyd and Tony Gamble. The non-profit group was formed to help the kids in Franklin get what they want and need- constructive ways to spend their time. When the majority of teenagers said they wanted a skate park, it solved another big problem here: public concern over skateboarders damaging property. Jordan: I don't think it's against skateboarding. I can see how people think it's vandalism on certain things and I guess they don't like their property being destroyed or kids hanging around their house. I mean, street skating is really fun, but it's kind of a hassle, so it's good to get a skate park. Stand Up: The steps here at St. Paul's church used to be one of the more popular places for skateboarders to gather and try out new tricks. But with the completion of the new skate park, the town hopes that teenagers will stay off the steps and step up for something they can finally call their own. Tracy: We were not going to build this skate park unless we had youth involvement. And the reason was to give them some responsibility and ownership to the park, figuring if we let them build it and made it their's, they would take pride in it, care for it, and understand that when they're out destroying merchant front property, how it feels if someone were to do that to them, and hopefully it will deter them from delinquent behaviors in town. V.O.: The process of creating the Franklin skate park didn't just keep teenagers here off the street- it got them involved in their community. Rather than being hassled by police, now they were making presentations to City Council. Donna: I think first and foremost, it showed a can-do attitude, from the time the kids started to today. They spent approximately 3.5 years, lots of dances, lot of grant money, lot of promotion. These kids literally went to every event in Franklin, actually sold soda, that's where some of the money came from, so it's given the kids interaction with the community, which normally doesn't happen until they get older. I don't know if you notice the age of these kids, but some are 10-11 years old, right up to the teenage years, and the mix with the adults. They actually had to form a committee, have committee meetings to figure out how the money was going to come about to buy the supplies, do the car wash, and so I think the biggest thing the community got was community involvement with the kids, and I think that's worth it's weight in gold. Tammy: The toughest part was waiting. We did a lot of fundraisers, so we had to wait for the money to come in. It took a long time to actually see it, because before it was "Oh, we have this much money, we can get the fencing." Now that it's actually up, I think we'll get a lot more help from kids to get the rest of the ramps in. V.O.: This day was just an ending to what many in Franklin called a pipe dream. But the skate park is here now, four years and 30,000 dollars later. It may seem like a lot of money for concrete and pavement, but the kids who were skating here at 7:30 on the morning the park opened certainly don't think so. Every jump here, every bit of railing is a story of community coming together. Wilbor: It's not a matter of who did more work. Who had to do certain work. Of course adults are writing grants, approaching businesses, typing memos, but what kept the heart and soul of the park going was the kids showing up. If they didn't do the dances and show enthusiasm as they did for fundraisers, we adults would have given up and said: "Well, they don't want it, so why are we here?" So it's not who did more. They did what they're supposed to do. We did what we're supposed to do. And I think by them doing what they did, I think they're the heart and soul of the whole project. Jordan talking at the ceremony: I just want to say that I think the kids did a great job with sticking to it and everything, but I think the kids have more of a reason, the skaters and bikers and bladers, we had a cause to get this because we wanted to stay off the streets basically. But I think it was Tony, Wilbor, Tracy and Tom that really did all of the work and they don't even skate or anything. But they helped us out with grants and I'm really more proud of them than they should be of me. Tracy: We hope this is a lesson for these kids to take care of this. First and foremost, let them respect what is their's so they can respect what it other's. To give these kids something they need. They need areas where they can experience and play with their alternative ideas. Somewhere safe. Somewhat supervised and just for them to keep it. Maybe see it grow. I'd love to see it grow. I don't know how much more we can fit in here, but just the pride. I'll be coming back here for a long time to stand across the street and watch the kids enjoy this. And for me, that's the reward. Knowing that I did something with these kids and for these kids. And it's what they wanted. |
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We're told the skate park still gets use-- but it's not quite as busy as it was the first year it opened. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/27/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 4:15 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. The Charter School Experiment.is it working? Two years ago the NH Legislature gave its stamp of approval to Charter schools. A handful are now open in the state. One school, the Franklin Career Academy, closed this year due to funding Issues. We'll talk about the future of charter schools in a moment. But first, a look back at Franklin Career Academy -- the state's first charter school. There was much fanfare when the school opened in August of 2004, and we were there for the festivities. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Fred Bramante\Former Chair, NH Board of Education, Wes Grimm\Franklin Career Academy Student, Nicholas C. Donohue\Former NH Education Commissioner, Carol Sideras\Principal, Franklin Career Academy |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/27/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 4:15 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. The Charter School Experiment.is it working? Two years ago the NH Legislature gave its stamp of approval to Charter schools. A handful are now open in the state. One school, the Franklin Career Academy, closed this year due to funding Issues. We'll talk about the future of charter schools in a moment. But first, a look back at Franklin Career Academy -- the state's first charter school. There was much fanfare when the school opened in August of 2004, and we were there for the festivities. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Fred Bramante\Former Chair, NH Board of Education, Wes Grimm\Franklin Career Academy Student, Nicholas C. Donohue\Former NH Education Commissioner, Carol Sideras\Principal, Franklin Career Academy |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/27/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 4:15 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. The Charter School Experiment.is it working? Two years ago the NH Legislature gave its stamp of approval to Charter schools. A handful are now open in the state. One school, the Franklin Career Academy, closed this year due to funding Issues. We'll talk about the future of charter schools in a moment. But first, a look back at Franklin Career Academy -- the state's first charter school. There was much fanfare when the school opened in August of 2004, and we were there for the festivities. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Fred Bramante\Former Chair, NH Board of Education, Wes Grimm\Franklin Career Academy Student, Nicholas C. Donohue\Former NH Education Commissioner, Carol Sideras\Principal, Franklin Career Academy |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/27/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 21:25 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. Here to talk about the "state" of Charter Schools in New Hampshire: John Moody, with the NH School Administrators Association and Bill Grimm, one of the founders of the Franklin Career Academy. Sue Hollins, with the NH Center for School Reform and Maria Minickiello, the Director of the Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy in Dover. Welcome to all of you. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bill Grimm\Founder, Franklin Career Academy, Maria Minickiello\Dir., Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy, John Moody\NH School Administrators Assoc., Sue Hollins \NH Center for School Reform |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/27/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 21:25 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. Here to talk about the "state" of Charter Schools in New Hampshire: John Moody, with the NH School Administrators Association and Bill Grimm, one of the founders of the Franklin Career Academy. Sue Hollins, with the NH Center for School Reform and Maria Minickiello, the Director of the Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy in Dover. Welcome to all of you. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bill Grimm\Founder, Franklin Career Academy, Maria Minickiello\Dir., Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy, John Moody\NH School Administrators Assoc., Sue Hollins \NH Center for School Reform |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/27/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 21:25 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: One year after its grand opening the state's first charter school has closed. What happened in Franklin.and what does it mean for the future of charter schools? That debate coming up. Here to talk about the "state" of Charter Schools in New Hampshire: John Moody, with the NH School Administrators Association and Bill Grimm, one of the founders of the Franklin Career Academy. Sue Hollins, with the NH Center for School Reform and Maria Minickiello, the Director of the Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy in Dover. Welcome to all of you. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bill Grimm\Founder, Franklin Career Academy, Maria Minickiello\Dir., Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy, John Moody\NH School Administrators Assoc., Sue Hollins \NH Center for School Reform |
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