PROJECTS
> Project Updates
> FHS Project Phasing & Details
NOV 2024 REFERENDUM
> School Board Resolution June 2024
> Financial Information (Tax Impact)
> Virtual Tours
> All Videos
> Voting Information
ARCHIVE / RESOURCES
> Resources/Downloads
> Franklin Forward Overview & Archive
> Frequently Asked Questions
> Submit A Question
Franklin Forward Long-Range Facility Planning updates are listed below with the newest and most current updates at the top. To see any past updates or for an overview of project work, please visit our Overview & Archive page here
Construction Update 1-pagers are located in this folder here
Construction Images Album - pictures added here throughout the project
In addition, we regularly share Franklin Forward updates in our monthly District Newsletters and weekly Building Bulletins. Access to all of our past newsletters are linked up on our Communications Hub page here. Parents, Guardians, and Staff are set to automatically receive our newsletters. If you are a community member that would like to receive any of our newsletters, please complete our SUBSCRIBE FORM.
Friday, July 24, 2026
Our construction partner, CD Smith, is providing regular updates about the progress of the Franklin High School construction project. Click here to see the July 2026 Updates.
Construction Images Updates Album - newly added science classrooms construction and images from the perspective of the football field.
Friday, June 19, 2026
Our construction partner, CD Smith, is providing regular updates about the progress of the Franklin High School construction project. Click here to see the June 2026 Updates.
Friday, June 12, 2026
For this "Franklin Forward Friday," we would like to spotlight some examples about how we are working hard to impact the local economy -AND- our our students and their future careers! As we shared during our Spring Update to the FPS School Board, through the 2024 referendum-supported project, 63% of awarded contracts have gone to local companies across Milwaukee, Racine, and Waukesha counties! This includes $26.7 million awarded to businesses within just FIVE MILES of Franklin High School!
The project is also creating hands-on learning opportunities for students through partnerships with industry professionals like C.D. Smith Construction, Plunkett-Raysich Architects, LLP, and Cadence Consulting. Check out the pictures in this album!
Franklin Forward is building future pathways for students while reinvesting directly back into our community. 
Friday, June 5, 2026
"Franklin Forward" Fridays are beginning! Look for updates on Fridays throughout the summer about the FHS construction project! This week's update is a timelapse of the construction taking place at Franklin High School between April and early May, 2026.
In addition, our construction partner, CD Smith, is providing regular updates about the progress of the Franklin High School construction project. Click here to the see the May 2026 updates.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Before last night's Board Meeting, members of the Board and the community engaged in a "360 Virtual Tours" experience created by Franklin Public Schools, in partnership with Cadence Consulting. These 360 images help to see some of the newer spaces at the FHS Construction Site. We are proud to be able to share this with the community using the resources below!
Click here or on the banner above to explore the spaces on your own. Each of the (5) stations contains a rendering and actual/current photo of that space. You can click into the photos and move around to see the spaces -- just drag with your finger or move your phone around!
If you want to see these images all in one place, please click through the slides below (or here). Within the slides, the images will automatically play side-by-side showing the rendering and current photos.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
At tonight's Board Meeting, Dr. Annalee Bennin (FPS District Administrator), Andy Daniels (FPS Director of Building & Grounds), Mitch Kidd (CD Smith), Phil Jaskolski (CD Smith), Mike Hacker (Cadence Consulting), Nick Kent (PRA), Mike Vuolo (FHS Principal), and Andy Thompson (Community Experience Coordinator), shared “Franklin Forward Update #7” with the Board.
This shared the most recent progress on construction at the high school and where other opportunities for our students to engage with our partners have been occuring. The slides below also highlight the current financial status of the project (currently on budget!) and local businesses that are contributing to the project in various ways (plumbing, electrical, mechanical, weight room products, and more). This continues to follow through on the Board's request to make sure we are giving back to the community through this work. The slides below contain the details and this video link takes you to the Board Meeting video where the presentations begins if you'd rather hear from the speakers.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Over the last few weeks, progress has continued on the FHS project and the first wall panels of the field house have been installed. Check out the pics below!
Friday, April 24, 2026
In addition, our construction partner, CD Smith, is providing regular updates about the progress of the Franklin High School construction project. Click here to see the April 2026 updates.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
In addition, our construction partner, CD Smith, is providing regular updates about the progress of the Franklin High School construction project. Click here to see the February 2026 updates.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Check out our first CONCRETE POUR for the Franklin High School construction project that occured last week!
FUN FACT: This project will include approximately 8,300 cubic yards of concrete! Thank you to CD Smith Construction & Plunkett Raysich Architects & Cadence Consulting for helping this dream to become a reality!
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Students in the Franklin High School Construction II course, led by instructor Andrew Mente, are gaining valuable real-world experience in January and February by working alongside construction professionals from our high school referendum project partner, CD Smith. Together, students and CD Smith professionals are creating new dugouts and a press box for the Saber Baseball Field, as part of the facility improvements under the 2024 Referendum. This type of work is a meaningful tribute to the community investing in not only our facilities, but in helping hands-on learning like this to occur for our students.
The project began with an introduction and skills evaluation led by Zach Theobald, Mason Superintendent with CD Smith, who shared his career path in the masonry trade and assessed students’ existing knowledge. From there, students have been learning key masonry skills such as brick blending, understanding bond types, proper coursing for accurate elevations, and the use of reinforcement, control joints, and flashing systems.
This week, students are receiving hands-on instruction in laying 8-inch block--setting to a line, properly using a trowel, managing mortar, and maintaining clean, professional work. This partnership provides students with authentic, career-connected learning while directly contributing to Franklin High School facilities.
For updates further back in time, please visit our ARCHIVE page here