Mr. Franklin was my son's 2nd grade teacher at Bubb and he was definitely one of the best teachers he's ever had. Mr. Franklin really took the time out to get to know each student (and parent) on a more personal level and all of the kids adored him. I remember the day we went to find our classes all the kids wanted to be in his class and my son was so happy he got to be in Mr. Franklin's class. He made learning fun for the kids and got them more engaged. The projects he presented them with were educational and so much fun at the same time. I remember when he moved into his house he had a house warming party and invited all of his students and the whole school, I thought that was so amazing. My son is now 18 and we run into Mr. Franklin from time to time and he still remembers the two of us and we have great conversation. I'm so happy to hear he won this award, I can't think of a more deserving person.

The community public policy on elementary district teacher BMR housing, DOES MATTER! The 'surplus to program property' at Cooper (MVWSD 7+ AC) and at Cuesta Park Annex (City 7+ AC) represent $50-$70 M of public land assets with very little return on those assets. Surely there is 1/2 of these empty land assets that the MVWSD+City can figure out how to leverage. Housing shortage? It is real and it hurts local public education.

"Part of his ability to stay in the community for so long dates back to 2007, when Franklin scored a highly coveted ownership townhouse available through Mountain View's below-market rate (BMR) housing program.

That lucky break ... Franklin didn't hesitate to point out how integral that was to keeping him and his son in the district."