Freetown-Lakeville School Committee Budget Votes Fail, Agenda Tabled
Freetown-Lakeville School Committee fails twice on a Lakeville-matching budget, tables the rest of its agenda.
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Freetown-Lakeville Schools Enter State 112th Budget as 62 Staff Exits Take Effect July 1
LAKEVILLE -- June 24, 2026, Freetown-Lakeville schools enter state-supervised bridge funding July 1 with 62 employees exited and Lakeville's budget still unresolved. The Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee heard a detailed briefing Wednesday from Director of Finance Jack Higgins on the district's entry into a
Freetown-Lakeville School Committee Votes 6-1 to Hold $49.5 Million Level-Service Budget
LAKEVILLE -- June 10, 2026, Freetown-Lakeville School Committee votes 6-1 to maintain its $49.5 million level-service budget, forcing a Lakeville special town meeting. Four days after Lakeville voters approved a reduced school assessment 276 to 149 at annual town meeting, a vote that would have triggered the
Freetown-Lakeville School Committee Fails to Reduce Budget, Level-Services Plan Advances to Town Meetings
LAKEVILLE -- May 27, 2026, Freetown-Lakeville School Committee sends $49.5 million level-services budget to town meetings after failing three times to muster the two-thirds supermajority needed to reduce it. Meeting May 27 in the wake of a failed Lakeville override vote, the committee heard Director of Finance
Freetown-Lakeville School Committee Approves FY27 Budget, Rejects Double-Counting Claim
Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee approved its updated FY27 budget and cleared up a disputed assessment calculation at its May 13 meeting.