OCTOBER 6TH, 2026 - FRANKLIN COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT-WIDE ELECTION

Franklin County Technical School's upcoming district-wide election.

In Shelburne, the Franklin County District-Wide Election will take place on Oct. 6, 2026. The polling location will be at the Cowell Gymnasium located at 51 Maple St. in Shelburne, MA. Polls will be open from noon - 8:00pm. COME JOIN US, and let your voice be heard on this extremely important FCTS Building Project vote:

OFFICIAL BALLOT QUESTION LANGUAGE

DISTRICT ELECTION

FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

October 6, 2026

Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical School District adopted on June 10, 2026, authorizing the District to borrow a sum not to exceed $236,572,983 to pay the costs of designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing a new Franklin County Technical School, which vote provides, in relevant part, as follows:

“VOTED: That the Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical School District hereby appropriates the amount of $236,572,983 for the purpose of paying costs of designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing a new Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical School and related facilities, located at 82 Industrial Boulevard in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto (the “Project”), which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for the instruction of school children of at least 50 years, and for which the District may be eligible for a school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), said amount to be expended at the direction of the School Building Committee. To meet this appropriation, the District is authorized to borrow said amount, under and pursuant to Chapter 71, Section 16(n), of the General Laws and the District Agreement, as amended, or pursuant to any other enabling authority. The District acknowledges that the MSBA’s grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need as determined by the MSBA, and any Project costs the District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the District; provided further that any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of (1) sixty-six and twenty-seven hundredths percent (66.27%) of eligible, approved Project costs, as determined by the MSBA, or (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA, and that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Project Funding Agreement that may be executed between the District and the MSBA.”

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District Secretary

Franklin County Regional

Vocational Technical School

District

Yes ____ No____

Posted: to **New** News Category on Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Updated: Thu, Oct 15, 2026