A total of 183 Falmouth High School seniors received their diplomas Saturday, June 5, to the cheers of their fellow classmates, families, friends and educators. There was not a cloud
Falmouth teens charged in the brutal beating of Franklin boy
FALMOUTH Two Falmouth teens face assault and battery charges after a 17-year-old Franklin boy was kicked and beaten until he was unconscious during a party in August.
The injured boy, who was visiting Falmouth, suffered a concussion and two fractures in his jaw on Aug. 15. His father brought him to Falmouth Hospital, and he was later admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital for possible brain bleeding, according to a redacted copy of the incident s police report.
The accused teens, one 16 the other 17, are both charged with assault and battery with serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and simple assault and battery in Falmouth Juvenile Court. One of the teens had a pretrial hearing on Dec. 11 and the other had a pretrial hearing on Jan. 8.
Teacher Brittany Jenney says her in-person classes are typically just a handful of students. The rest attend online. (Courtesy)
Just after Thanksgiving, Falmouth High School Principal Mary Gans got a call: the school had a positive case. Twelve of her staff members were considered “close contacts” and had to quarantine immediately. I just [did] not have the ability to cover all of their classes, even for the rest of the day, Gans said. There just weren’t the bodies that we could pull to satisfy that kind of puzzle.
Substitute teachers are very hard to come by this year, so the school decided to go fully remote for a week. The hybrid model is back up and running at Falmouth High School, but Gans said having enough teachers is an ongoing challenge.