District overview

Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District

Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.

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How the Board sets district priorities

A 2026-27 budget is adopted; construction work continues

Bridgewater-Raritan's regional Board of Education sets the district budget, approves contracts, and oversees schools. The current official meeting record shows an adopted 2026-27 budget and continuing work on referendum-funded building projects.

Budget

The Board adopted a $206.6 million total base budget and $178.3 million total tax levy for 2026-27 on April 28.

Governance

The Board holds public meetings and a January reorganization meeting; the collected reorganization agenda schedules officer elections and annual designations, but no January minutes were collected to confirm outcomes.

Building work

April and July minutes record payments for the middle-school classroom addition and the Bradley Gardens cafeteria/classroom addition.

Most meetings in this review period have an agenda but no collected minutes, so agenda items are not presented as completed Board action.

Where the district stands

2026-27 total base budgetverified

206,632,763 USD

2026-27 total tax levyverified

178,316,099 USD

Board meetings represented in this reviewcontext

15 meetings

Fifteen distinct meeting dates are represented by 18 current official agenda or minutes records.

Major projects

Middle-school and Bradley Gardens additions

Construction payments recorded in Board minutes

The April and July minutes record payment applications for the middle-school classroom addition and the Bradley Gardens cafeteria/classroom addition. The collected records identify referendum funding for related project work, but do not provide a completion date.

Next: The collected September 15 agenda lists a summer-construction update, but no minutes were collected to establish a progress outcome.

Apr 28, 2026Minutes record payment applications for the middle-school classroom addition and Bradley Gardens cafeteria/classroom addition.
Jul 21, 2026Minutes record later payment applications for both additions.

Funding

District referendum accounts for related project work, as stated in the collected agendas and minutes.

High-school gym HVAC upgrades

Bids rejected; rebid or revised scope authorized

On July 21, the Board rejected gym HVAC upgrade bids because they exceeded the budget and authorized a rebid or revised project scope.

Next: A future Board record would need to show a rebid, revised scope, or contract award.

Jul 21, 2026Minutes record the bid rejection and authorization to rebid or rescope.

Funding

The minutes say the bids exceeded the budget; no replacement amount is stated.

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