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Superintendent: REEDs collaborative is pursuing site purchase for deaf and hard-of-hearing program; purchase may be assessed to sending districts
Summary
Superintendent Powers told the committee that the regional special-education collaborative REEDs is pursuing purchase (rather than lease) of a building to house its deaf and hard-of-hearing program and that member districts could face assessments to cover the purchase cost if the sale proceeds.
Superintendent Powers told the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School Committee that REEDs, a local special-education collaborative that serves students from multiple districts, is pursuing the purchase of a building to house its deaf and hard-of-hearing program.
Powers said the program is currently located in Norton Public Schools but Norton is running out of space and REEDs has begun to explore buying (rather than leasing) space. "It could potentially be an additional $30,000 that we would need assessed," Powers said, noting member districts that send students to the REEDs program could be assessed if the purchase is executed.
Why it matters: a district assessment to cover purchase costs would be an added line-item outside the committee's operating budget and could affect future district obligations. Powers said Bridgewater-Raynham has added a teacher of the deaf and hard-of-hearing this year and that some services the district previously purchased through REEDs are being provided in-house; those changes could affect any final assessment.
No formal action was taken. Powers and committee members characterized the update as informational; the committee did not vote on participation, contribution levels or a plan to cover potential assessments. Powers said superintendents who sit on the REEDs board will need to vote on any purchase and that member districts are expressing concern about taking on additional facility costs.
