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Acton–Boxborough leaders meet to coordinate on rising health‑care costs, enrollment swings and AB Forward reorganization
Summary
On Oct. 22, 2025, Acton and Boxborough select boards, finance committees and the Acton‑Boxborough Regional School Committee met to compare budget assumptions, discuss rising health‑insurance costs and enrollment volatility, and plan next steps for the AB Forward reorganization and town override messaging.
Officials from Acton and Boxborough met Oct. 22 for a joint session to compare fiscal projections, highlight shared capital needs and outline next steps as both towns face steep health‑insurance increases and limited local revenue growth.
Tori Campbell, chair of the Acton‑Boxborough Regional School Committee, opened the session by framing the discussion around shared public services and pressing budget constraints. "Health insurance increases may eat up everything we can get from prop 2 and a half for both towns and school," she said, and later added a data point on student achievement: "Did you know that 41% of our third graders are not meeting grade level standards on the ELA MCAS?" Those remarks anchored the school committee’s case that the district faces service and program pressures beyond what reorganization alone can address.
Dean Charter, chair of the Acton Select Board, urged balanced planning across municipal services and schools,…
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