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THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M ANITA BLANTON.
I'M TOM SCHAAD. FRANKLIN
SCHOOLS ARE NOW WITHOUT A
SCHOOLBOARD.
LAST WEEK WE REPORTED
CITY COUNCIL ASKED THE
ENTIRE BOARD TO STEP
DOWN-- OVER CLAIMS OF
MISMANAGED MONEY. THE
BOARD TERMINATED THE
SUPERINTENDENT -- NOW
EVERYONE ELSE HAS
RESIGNED.
SO WHERE DO THEY GO FROM
HERE? 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
LIZ KILMER WAS IN
FRANKLIN
AS COUNCIL DISCUSSED WAYS
TO MOVE FORWARD.
LIZ?
TONIGHT COUNCIL VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT
RESIGNATIONS SUBMITTED BY
ALL 7
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THE
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT
CALLS
IT AN UNPRECEDENTED
SITUATION -- BUT ONE CITY
OFFICIALS ARE HOPING TO
RESOLVE
QUICKLY -- WITH A BRAND
NEW BOARD.
SCOTT MAYNARD -- PARENT
R. RANDY MARTIN -- CITY
MANAGER
KELVIN EDWARDS - INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT "AYE,
AYE, AYE" 7 VOTES --
AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS
VACANT IN THE CITY OF
FRANKLIN. C1 20:31 "IT'S
PRETTY SAD"
C2 20:30:50 "IT'S VERY
CONCERNING" BUT PARENTS
LIKE SCOTT MAYNARD FEEL
IT
WAS THE RIGHT MOVE --
TO QUOTE "PROPERLY MANAGE
AND
CONTROL" AVAILABLE FUNDS.
C2 36:27 "IF THEY CAN'T
DO IT CORRECTLY
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT
SHOULD BE ABLE TO STEP UP
TO THE PLATE."
FINDING THOSE PEOPLE --
ACCORDING TO CITY MANAGER
RANDY MARTIN - IS THE
NEXT
STEP. C13 43:37 "WE ARE
HOPEFUL WE'LL GET A
NUMBER OF NOMINEES AND
THEY WILL BE PEOPLE
GENERALLY INTERESTED IN
THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
WILLING TO SERVE." MARTIN
SAYS COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT
NOMINATIONS SHORTLY. AND
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO FILL
AT LEAST THE
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SEATS
NEEDED FOR THE NEXT
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IN
MID
DECEMBER. THEY HOPE
THINGS GO SMOOTHLY IN THE
MEANTIME. AS IT IS -- DAY
TO DAY SCHOOL FUNCTIONS
FALL ON THE
SUPERINTENDENT. KELVIN
EDWARDS IS THE INTERIM -
NAMED AFTER
THE SCHOOL BOARD
TERMINATED DR. WILLIE
BELL, FRIDAY. C14 51:05
"WE JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE MISSION OF
FRANKLIN CITY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS STATES THAT
CHILDREN FIRST I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE
CHILDREN FIRST."
PARENTS, FOR NOW, FEEL,
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
C1 35:25 "THINGS HAVE
BEEN FINE" C2 37:35 "IT
SEEMS PRETTY FLAWLESS
THEY
GO TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY
COME HOME AND THERE
HASN'T BEEN ANY
DISRUPTION WITHIN IT"
ACCORDING TO THE CITY
MANAGER - COUNCIL WILL
MEET MONDAY TO DEVELOP A
SCHEDULE
FOR ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS
-- A PUBLIC HEARING DATE
WILL BE SET WHERE PEOPLE
CAN
NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR
SOMEONE ELSE. THEN
ULTIMATELY, COUNCIL WILL
MAKE ITS
SELECTIONS. WE'LL KEEP
YOU POSTED.
IN FRANKLIN, LIZ KILMER,
10 ON YOUR SIDE.