The Bridgewater override provides a permanent adjustment to the town’s base budget, allowing the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District to keep pace with rising costs and avoid recurring funding crises. Carefully calculated based on fiscal forecasts, known needs, and enrollment trends, it ensures long-term stability for school staffing, programs, student services, and key town departments.
What is Your Tax Impact?
A Proposition 2½ override permanently increases property taxes based on your home’s assessed value. You can use your latest tax bill to estimate the impact. This override is designed to provide long-term financial stability for Bridgewater schools and town services, helping prevent future cuts and funding shortfalls.
Yes. This override provides a lasting adjustment to the town’s base budget, ensuring the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District can keep pace with rising costs and prevent recurring funding crises. Unlike short-term solutions, it establishes long-term stability for staffing, programs, student services, and the additional town services included in the Bridgewater override.
Carefully calculated using known needs, fiscal forecasts, and enrollment trends, this override is designed not just to prevent cuts today but to secure the district’s and community’s future success.
This vote is critical to preventing deep cuts that would impact students, staff, and the community for years to come.