May 12th FrankTalks: Franklin Special District, Reaching New Heights

Join Franklin Tomorrow on Monday, May 12, as we visit the new headquarters of the Franklin Special District at 205 Eddy Lane to hear officials tell us about how the district is “Reaching New Heights for Students,” whether in the classroom or community, or with district leadership.

Established in 1906, by the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the Franklin Special District (FSD) is a public school system serving pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students in eight schools within the city of Franklin. A special act of the legislature in 1949 allowed the district to make changes in its funding sources, thus becoming the first special school district in Tennessee. This change in status gave the School Board the authority to approve its own budget and levy taxes to fund education. From that point forward, the school district would be known as the Franklin Special School District. And in 2024, the Board of Education made the decision to rebrand, reintroducing ourselves as the Franklin Special District, or FSD.

FrankTalks is presented monthly by Renasant Bank and our sustaining partners, Atmos Energy; RaganSmith, A Pape-Dawson Company; and Williamson Health. Thank you to Lyon Leadership Group, our local McDonald’s franchisee for coffee for the event.
A monthly event, we start at 9 a.m. with a 30-minute coffee social, followed at 9:30 a.m. with an hour-long program.