5 Things You Need To Know Today in Framingham: January 6

1. After several violent incidents at Fuller Middle School last month, school administration is holding a meeting tonight for parents at 7. A BB gun was found in a student’s locker in December, and another student was hospitalized after an assault. In a survey, 10 percent of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students said they do not feel say at all in the middle school.

The meeting is being called an “administrative chat on school safety.”

2. The last step in getting a Charter question before voters took place Tuesday night at the Framingham Selectmen’s meeting. Framingham Selectmen unanimously voted 5-0 to place the Charter Commission question on the town’s March 29 election ballot. On that Tuesday, Framingham voters will be asked to create a Charter Commission to study the Town’s form of government to make possible changes.

A yes vote creates a 9-member Charter Commission. A no vote keep Framingham as it is a Town, with a Manager, a 5-member Board of Selectmen and a Town Meeting with 12 members elected for each of the Town’s 18 precincts. Click here to learn more.

3. FLYERS in action:

• Framingham High boys basketball team lost to Braintree Tuesday night. Click here for more details and a slideshow.
• Gymnastics team lost a close meet to Wellesley
• Girls ice hockey team travels to Braintree for a 5:30 p.m. game
• Boys ice hockey will host Braintree High at Loring Arena. Puck drops at 6:50 p.m.

4. MUSTANGS in action:

• Swim team has an away meet against Matignon at 3:45 p.m. in Somerville.
• Girls basketball vs St. Mary’s at 5:30 p.m.
• Boys basketball vs Cristo Rey at 6:30 p.m.
• Marian/Keefe hockey team has an away game at 8 p.m. against Burncoat High

5.CUNY Baruch College professor Gil Harel will present J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering: Bach Battles a King at the Callahan Center tonight at 7. The free event is sponsored by the Framingham Library.

“Johann Sebastian Bach composed what many regard to be the most profound body of music in history. In many ways, Frederick the Great was his philosophical and aesthetic antipode. That these two—a humble, deeply religious composer—and a flamboyant militant monarch—would meet was itself an unpredictable twist of fate. This meeting was less a clash of two personalities as it was a clash of two eras or two worlds. And from this battlefield of wills emerged a remarkable collection of works known as the “Musical Offering.”