FRANKLIN
The Franklin City Public Schools second annual Community Bus Tour took place on Monday morning after Convocation.

This tour, coined as “March for Collaborative Excellence” was led by Superintendent Dr. Willie Bell.

During the tour, Franklin City Public Schools’ family walked door to door of Franklin trying to make connections between the school system and the community.

FCPS wants the community to know that they are there for them.

The tour was based on five major goals:

• To identify, develop and foster relationships with community business partners;

• To cultivate and develop a multifaceted outreach opportunity to strengthen student and parental awareness and interaction with the school division;

• To inform the community of the educational initiatives taking place within the division;

• To create a two-way means of communication that opens dialogue and further creates transparency amongst stakeholders; and

• To create self-awareness and gain a more in-depth understanding of the surrounding community.

FCPS Board, administrators, faculty and staff, Franklin city officials and community partners were all excited to talk to community members and share with them their accomplishments.

Lawren Mayfield, an eighth-grade civics teacher at J.P. King Jr. Middle School, whose students received a 95 percent pass rate on their SOL, said, “All children can learn and they have proved that. We are touring the community to spread the news about the great things that are happening in FCPS.”

Faculty and staff also shared how they have achieved many of their goals in the past year.

Sixth-grade English teacher at J.P. King Treva Lee said, “I believe in changing lives one student, one coworker, one community member at a time.”

Faculty and staff left informative door on the doors of those of whom they were unable to meet.