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Chariho school bond debate paused after heated exchange over one‑third cost split
Summary
The Chariho Regional School Committee discussed updated bond language and a proposed one‑third cost‑sharing requirement for the new unified elementary school. After robust debate and objections—most strongly from Charlestown officials—the committee voted to table amendments and directed bond counsel to return with focused legal and financial options.
The Cherry Hill (Chariho) Regional School Committee spent the longest portion of its Feb. 10 meeting debating how a proposed school bond should allocate construction costs among the district’s three towns.
Member Diane Tefft moved to add language to the proposed municipal bill that would require Charlestown, Richmond and Hopkinton to each pay one‑third of the debt service for a new unified elementary school. The motion drew immediate pushback from Charlestown officials and several committee members who said the district’s governing Chariho Act sets cost‑sharing according to student enrollment.
Deb Carney, president of the Charlestown Town Council, said…
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