Subcommittees

The Franklin School Committee utilizes a number of subcommittees to initially review, propose, and consider policies and issues that come before the Committee. The subcommittees bring these matters to the full School Committee for action. Only actions taken by the full School Committee become official policy. The current make-up of the subcommittees and their functions are outlined below:
Committee name	Function	Members
Bills	Reviews bills for the district	Pamela McIntyre
Budget	Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to the school budget. They also participate as members of the town-wide Joint Budget Committee.	Susan Rohrbach, Chair Paula Mullen Sean Donahue
Building Use	Reviews rules, regulations or concerns relative to community use of school facilities.	Roberta Trahan, Chair Susan Rohrbach Sean Donahue
Community Relations	Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to communication with the community about school policies, issues, and programs.	Sean Donahue, Chair Susan Rohrbach John Jewell
FHS Project Liaison	Serve as members of the Franklin High School Building Committee.	Paula Mullen
Payroll	Reviews district payroll	Cindy Douglas
PCC Liaison	Meets with PCC groups and reports back to full committee.	Susan Rohrbach
Policy	Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to policies and procedures in the Franklin Public Schools. This subcommittee also maintains the Policy Manual.	Roberta Trahan, Chair Paula Mullen Pamela McIntyre
Review of executive minutes	Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to the release of executive session minutes to the public.	Paula Mullen, Chair Roberta Trahan Cindy Douglas
Sick Bank Review:	Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to the sick bank.	John Jewell, Chair Pamela McIntyre
Space Needs	Reviews, proposes, and considers matters pertaining to enrollment and growth in the district, redistricting, and physical space needs.	Cindy Douglas, Chair Paula Mullen John Jewell

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