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03/04/2025

Franklin City Public Schools’ school board has found yet another excuse for its ongoing dysfunction, this time pinning the district’s communication breakdown on Microsoft’s deprecation of Skype.

Franklin City Public Schools' school board has found yet another excuse for its ongoing dysfunction, this time pinning the district’s communication breakdown on Microsoft’s deprecation of Skype.

02/28/2025

Franklin City Public Schools’ latest board meeting took a bizarre turn Thursday night when a mysterious figure—dressed in a green suit covered in question marks—stormed into the chamber during Citizen’s Time, further fueling the growing discontent over the recent ousting of beloved high school principal, I. B. Competent.

FRANKLIN – Franklin City Public Schools’ latest board meeting took a bizarre turn Thursday night when a mysterious figure—dressed in a green suit covered in question marks—stormed into the chamber during Citizen’s Time, further fueling the growing discontent over the recent ousting of belo...

02/27/2025

Pictured: Senior Editor watching tonight's school board meeting.

02/27/2025

Franklin City Public Schools’ school board members found themselves in an unprecedented predicament Monday when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) issued what some are calling the most unreasonable request in local governance history: a demand to list five things they had accomplished in the previous week.

Franklin City Public Schools' school board members found themselves in an unprecedented predicament Monday when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) issued what some are calling the most unreasonable request in local governance history: a demand to list five things they had accomplished in...

02/25/2025

We know you probably went to school in Franklin but this is not a yes/no question.

02/18/2025

Superintendent Cancels Town Hall Meeting After Walmart Runs Out of Index Cards

FRANKLIN – Local parents and concerned citizens were left reeling Monday when Superintendent Dr. Charlie Canner abruptly canceled the highly anticipated town hall meeting scheduled for Monday evening, citing an unforeseen and catastrophic shortage of index cards at the local Walmart. “I walked i...

02/15/2025

FRANKLIN – In a press release on Monday, Franklin City Public Schools announced the demotion of longtime Franklin High School Principal I. B. Competent. Having served as Principal at FHS since 2010, Competent will take over a brand new Central Office position as the Director of Non-Athletics Activ...

01/04/2025

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