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CLA review: district operations sound but long-term cost pressures and enrollment shifts pose budget risks
Summary
CliftonLarsonAllen told Bridgewater-Raynham officials the district shows sound operational practices and no material grant misuse, but projected instructional spending, transportation price pressures and a pronounced 8th-to-9th grade drop will squeeze budgets through FY2031 unless towns alter funding decisions.
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP presented the results of an operational review to the Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee and the towns of Bridgewater and Raynham on March 18, saying the district's business operations generally align with best practices but face structural budget pressures.
The 20-minute presentation by CLA CFO Eric Mason and the consulting team summarized a five-year historical financial analysis, capital and grant management reviews and enrollment and fiscal projections through FY2031. CLA emphasized that its engagement was advisory, not an audit, and that it reviewed the district's financial records and the externally prepared single audit (SEFA) for context.
CLA identified instruction'al spending (teacher salaries and personal services) as the dominant cost driver and projected it would continue to account for a large share of district spending. In its baseline projection, CLA estimated instructional expenditures would represent…
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