The School Committee is considering a proposal to place advertising on the fences surrounding the football field at Franklin High School. This is a pilot program to gauge the feasibility and appropriateness of advertising as a revenue stream for the school budget.
Under the proposal, 3 foot by 6 foot banners would be placed along the fences on the perimeter of the football field. As proposed, the advertising would generate approximately $21,000 in annual revenue.
Last year, the School Committee formed an Advertising Advisory Committee to look at proposals and make recommendations to the School Committee. Brad Sidwell, Franklin’s athletic director and architect for the idea, presented the proposal at the August 14, 2007 School Committee meeting. He indicated that the idea was one of the first discussed by the advisory group and received a great deal of support. It also received the support of the School Committee as a way of helping ease the burden of athletic fees on students and parents. For the newspaper report on the School Committee meeting, click here.
Sidewell also outlined the proposal for NECN news. For a look at the NECN video, click here. In it you also hear from Franklin parent Barbara Brunelli and a psychologist from Children’s Hospital.
The proposal is expected to receive further review at the August 28, 2007 meting of the School Committee.
