Schools

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

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

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 Regional School Committee approved its updated FY27 budget and cleared up a disputed assessment calculation at its May 13 meeting.

Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee reorganized under new Chair Melinda Richards and warned that a failed Lakeville override could eliminate 56 staff positions.