Browse past news stories for Franklin High School in Franklin, WI.

• ‘We’re thankful to be alive,’ florist says (Middletown Journal)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:21:47 am
  FRANKLIN - Nearly four months ago, Dennie Fitzgerald, owner of Fitzgerald Flowers and Gifts, lost everything when a fire destroyed his business and apartment.
• Franklin High School wrestling team reaches for new heights (El Paso Times)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:08:51 am
  EL PASO -- Like iron sharpening iron, the collective thirst to reach new heights already has pushed the Franklin High School wrestling team to a place it previously had never been.
• Four New Orleans charter schools put on probation (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 02:17:10 am
  NEW ORLEANS -- Four New Orleans charter schools are now on probation, according to Orleans Parish School Board spokesman Steve Majors. Majors said Benjamin Franklin High School, Robert Moton Charter School, New Orleans Science and Math, and Priestley School of Architecture now have permission to operate for one more year. During that time they must remedy problems of student performance or ...
• Four charter schools placed on probation amid problems with finances or student performance (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 12:47:15 am
  Four charter schools overseen by the Orleans Parish School Board have been put on probation while receiving permission to operate for one more year.
• First youth basketball teams formed in Franklin (The Franklin Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 09:59:36 pm
  The sounds of squeaking sneakers and whistles will fill the Franklin High School gymnasium for more than seven hours on Saturday. Eight teams have been formed, as Franklin has joined the Western North Carolina youth basketball league.
• Cougars' big plays KO Panthers in 2nd round (The Franklin Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 09:59:06 pm
  Standing on the sideline, senior Zach Pruitt looked up at the scoreboard. "Twenty-seven," Pruitt said with a look of bewilderment and frustration, "to nothing."
• Tax increase to fund school construction (The Franklin Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 09:50:06 pm
  Macon County property owners will see a 1.5-cent tax increase in 2010. County commissioners voted for the increase unanimously Tuesday. The increase will help fund school-construction projects, including the new North Macon K-4 School and renovations for Nantahala School.
• Shots being slated (The Daily Iberian)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:27:20 pm
  Now that school officials in Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes have been assured of the arrival of sufficient doses of the H1N1 vaccine, schedules for the free immunization of students are being announced across the Teche Area.
• Brawl set stage for Pitt surge (Erie Times-News)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 07:14:53 am
  PITTSBURGH -- Coach Dave Wannstedt didn't need much time after Pittsburgh's improbable upset of then-No. 2 West Virginia two seasons ago to understand what the victory might mean to a program that had been in decline.
• Chance of a lifetime (The Sun Chronicle)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:58:43 am
  It took only 50 years for the football teams from King Philip Regional High School and Franklin High School to turn their Thanksgiving rivalry game into a battle for the Hockomock League championship.
• KP's big chance (The Sun Chronicle)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:48:01 am
  WRENTHAM - It's being billed as the biggest football game in King Philip's 52-year history - and with good reason.
• MILITARY BRIEFS (Elk Grove Citizen)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:28:38 am
  Air Force Airmen Susanna C. Bawcom and Joseph A. Klein graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
• CRIME BRIEFS (Elk Grove Citizen)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:27:07 am
  Elk Grove police arrested a 47-year-old woman who allegedly tried to steal her neighbor’s vehicle on Nov. 11. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. on the 8800 block of Mohamed Circle in central Elk Grove.
• Franklin avoids tiebreakers, clinches playoff berth (Elk Grove Citizen)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:17:37 am
  WITH VIDEO | Spotted an imaginary 12-point lead even prior to kickoff, the Franklin High School varsity football team opted not to use one of two likely scenarios to qualify for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs.
• Friday night tailgate: First Round (Elk Grove Citizen)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:16:57 am
  Predictions for every game in the Delta Valley Conference and Delta River League will be published each Friday throughout the 2009 high school football season.
• Four Elk Grove athletes ink letters of intent (Elk Grove Citizen)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:16:36 am
  Four Elk Grove High School spring sports athletes committed to their future college destinations last Wednesday in a group ceremony and news conference in the school’s library.
• Sacramento County H1N1 vaccination clinics (The Sacramento Bee)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:08:02 am
  Tuesday marked the last day that Sacramento County's free H1N1 vaccination clinics were limited to high-risk groups. The flu clinics that resume next week are open to all county residents.
• Bomb threat forces evacuation (Concord Monitor)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 05:08:01 am
  The police are investigating a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of Franklin High School yesterday morning, upending students' pre-vacation plans and leaving the city with a steep emergency response bill.
• William Marshall Brown (Issaquah Press)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 02:23:16 am
  William Marshall Brown, of Issaquah, died in Issaquah Nov. 7, 2009. He was 86.Over the holidays, when the family is all gathered, there will be a small memorial. Bill was born Sept. 23 in Huntington Beach, Calif., to William and Dorothy Brown. He was raised in Seattle and Mercer Island. He lived there and in Sequim [...]
• Portland sets new dates for high school design meetings (The Oregonian)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 11:59:55 pm
  Portland Public Schools responds to community requests and changes the dates of upcoming high school redesign neighborhood meetings.
• Red Devils nip Bearcats, reach state semifinal (This Week Northland)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 07:59:01 pm
  The Marion-Franklin High School football team was in uncharted territory even before it rallied for a 31-24 victory over Brookhaven last Friday at Gahanna in the Division II, Region 7 championship game.
• Franklin High School Evacuated After Bomb Threat (WMUR New Hampshire)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:30:27 pm
  Police are investigating after a student at Franklin High School discovered what officials called a credible bomb threat in a restroom that prompted the school's evacuation.
• No bomb found in scare at Franklin High; Police have suspects (New Hampshire Union Leader)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:08:51 pm
  Police said they have identified "some individuals we are interested in talking to" related to a bomb scare which forced the evacuation of more than 500 from Franklin High School for more than two hours this morning.
• Freezing out the fans: Olympics tickets available to public often out of reach (Standard-Examiner)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:26:13 pm
  Heather Bailey gave up. After a year spent pursuing tickets to February's Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics through official sources, the Expedia employee from Federal Way, Wash., will put her dreams of attending a rare close-to-home Olympics in the hands of scalpers. -- read more
• Macon tax hike in store to pay for new elementary school (Smoky Mountain News)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:21:41 pm
  Macon County’s schools will get a long-awaited upgrade, but its taxpayers are going to have to pay extra for it. County commissioners voted last Tuesday to raise the property tax rate by one-and-a-half cents to build a $15 million elementary school. The new tax rate will go into effect next year.
• Closings dominate final Columbus schools forum (The Columbus Dispatch)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 09:07:50 am
  Columbus school officials went to the South Side last night for their fifth and final public meeting on a massive school-reassignment plan that would shift thousands of students into new buildings next fall.
• School rankings released: N. Pike Elementary high performing; Higgins, Osyka successful schools (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 08:14:18 am
  JACKSON (AP) About 30 percent of Mississippi’s 152 school districts are at risk of failing based on the state Department of Education’s new accountability system.
• School closings dominate final forum (The Columbus Dispatch)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:37:50 am
  Columbus school officials went to the South Side tonight for their fifth and final public meeting on a massive school-reassignment plan that would shift thousands of students into new buildings next fall.
• Franklin Players present ‘Rehearsal for Murder' (Westland Observer)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:23:56 pm
  The Franklin High School Players will present Rehearsal for Murder, a former television screenplay that's now a puzzling mystery play, at 7 p.m. today and Friday.
• Twin Franklin alums run to drama's rescue (The Oregonian)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:06:06 am
  Former Franklin High School students Nancy Sidley and Stephanie Sidley-Shrock are back on campus to help resurrect the school's ailing drama program. Starting Nov. 20, the twins will direct and perform in "Franklin Sings Broadway", a cabaret-style show that will run for three evenings.