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  • Framingham Back to School Info (2011-2012 School Year)

    Framingham Back to School Info (2011-2012 School Year)

    2011-2012 Framingham Public School Calendar
    Click to download a printable copy of the (2011-2012) Framingham Public School Calendar.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Not sure what day your child starts back to school, or what time school starts or ends, or where the bus stop for your child is?

    The Framingham Public School System maintains a website with information about each school, and general district information.

    You can download a printable, (.PDF format) Framingham Public School Calendar for the (2011-2012) school year by clicking here.  The calendar is in English, for other languages, visit the school district website.

    2011-2012 First Day of School:

    (and other key dates for first week of school year)

    • Monday, August 29th – First Day for Teachers
    • Monday, August 29th –  Grade 9 Transition day, (for freshman entering Framingham High School)
    • Tuesday, August 30th – First Day of School (Grades 1-12)
    • Wednesday, August 31th – First Day of Kindergarten (more…)
  • From Our Frozen Fish Dept…

    From Our Frozen Fish Dept…

    Jim Richards, Custodian at the McCarthy School, Ice fishing on Learned Pond, Framingham, MA, (January 19, 1997)

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – With the temperature below freezing for the past week, many people look for warm, comfortable, indoor activities to pass the time on a New England Sunday afternoon, but Jim Richards would rather do something he’s done for the past 40 or so winters… go fishing!

    Richards, a custodian at the McCarthy School, packs his rig– a handmade wooden box with ski like runners, and heads out on the frozen surface of Learned Pond for a day of ice-fishing.

    To pass the time Jim listens to a battery operated police/fire scanner, and talks with friends who stop by to see if the fish are biting.

    Using a hand auger, Richards set five traps in the 5-6″ thick ice, (he noted that five was the the legal limit, and that you must also have a valid fishing license to ice-fish).

    Wooden pop-up ice fishing flag - Ice fishing gear used on Farm Pond, Framingham, MA
    Many fisherman use these wooden pop-up traps so they may fish several spots at once. A baited line is attached to a trap which has a spring loaded flag. The flag pops up to show a fish has made a strike at the bait and may be hooked.

    When the ice gets much thicker he uses a gas powered auger.

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