Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education Approves Tentative Budget for 2025/26

On Tuesday, March 18, the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District Administration presented the tentative school budget for the 2025/26 school year at the Board of Education meeting. The entire presentation can be accessed here: 2025-26 Tentative Budget.pdf

The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District's annual budget was challenging due to cost escalations, specifically health insurance, out-of-district tuition, transportation, and utility costs.  

The preliminary budget includes a 2.49% increase in the tax levy for the 2025/26 budget year, as the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District intends to utilize an additional $800,000 from the healthcare waiver, allowing the district to raise taxes over the two percent cap.  

Rising costs and unpredictable funding coupled with a two percent budget cap led to eliminating 33 positions throughout the district. The vast majority of these positions were vacated via attrition. 

This budget continues our investment in people, programs, and facilities that support essential programming for our students. This budget does not include any elimination of educational programming throughout the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District. The 2.49% local tax levy is representative of one of the lowest increases in Somerset County.  

Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s Hope Squad inspired Students during Assemblies

On March 13, during unit lunch, Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s Hope Squad held its Minding Your Mind event.

The guest speaker was Sarika Agarwal from the non-profit Minding Your Mind.

Held in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School auditorium, the assembly was open to students willing to gain insight into strategies for improving their mental health. Many students attended, learning valuable techniques for managing their emotions and fostering personal well-being.

Hope Squad is a suicide-prevention club that strives to educate the student body to reduce stigma and change school culture for the good. Composed of students who have been trained to notice and respond to signs of distress, students are encouraged to talk to members for peer-to-peer help.

CSA Summer Camps

The Council of School Association (CSA) is a council of all 11 Bridgewater-Raritan school PTOs. Each summer, the CSA offers athletic and enrichment programs for students in grades K – 12 taught by our own BRRSD staff. Please click on the link below to see the Summer Enrichment and Athletic Programs the CSA offers.

Registration opens on February 1.



CSA Summer Camps 2025