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Residents press for clarity on taxes, enrollment projections and school safety at Brockton high‑school forum
Summary
At a community forum on the Brockton High School project residents pressed the project team for clearer tax‑impact estimates, long‑range enrollment projections and plans to maintain school security during construction; officials said detailed financial modeling and grant amounts will arrive later in the MSBA review process.
Residents used the community forum to focus on three immediate community concerns: how the district would pay its share (a likely local debt‑exclusion ballot), whether enrollment projections justify a single large campus, and what security measures would be in place both during and after construction.
Debt exclusion, voter risk and cash flow A resident asked specifically how a debt exclusion would work and how Brockton taxpayers would contribute. Kevin Sullivan (project director, Left Field OPM) explained that the district will likely need a local debt‑exclusion ballot to authorize borrowing for the district share and that the ballot could be held in January–March; he explicitly said voters could reject the ballot, which in some past cases has forced projects…
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