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After heated debate, Lakeville amends and approves school assessment; process to recertify triggered if towns differ
Summary
Town meeting repeatedly debated supplemental funding for the regional school assessment. Voters initially failed a two‑thirds vote on a larger transfer but later reconsidered and approved an amended increase funded partly from taxation and partly from a stabilization transfer.
Lakeville’s annual town meeting spent much of the evening debating the Freetown‑Lakeville Regional School District assessment and ultimately approved an amended assessment after a procedural reconsideration and votes on funding sources.
The town initially considered an amendment that would have increased Lakeville’s school assessment by $459,810 and authorized using the town’s stabilization fund to pay a portion. That amendment failed to receive the two‑thirds supermajority required when first taken up. The failure left the town without an approved school assessment and triggered the process in Chapter 71, Section 16B of the Massachusetts General Laws that requires the regional school committee to recertify a…
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