Plans For Full-Day Kindergarten, School Upgrades In Bridgewater Outlined In New Website

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — A new website addressing the upcoming referendum vote was launched by the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District to help inform residents.

Superintendent Dr. Robert Beers talked about the website entirely dedicated to the referendum at the Sept. 27 Board of Education meeting.

"You will really see there have been significant changes. It is still a work in progress and it is going to be continuously updated," said Beers.

Beers thanked Webmaster Bruce Moran and school district Director of Technology Jaimee Kochis for their work on the site.

The referendum, which is going up for a vote on March 14, 2023, will request funding for a district-wide facilities renovation program including infrastructure, classroom renovation projects and an addition.

The plan includes the implementation of a full-day kindergarten program. Overall the plan to accommodate the program would be to move sixth-graders from the Intermediate Schools to the Middle School.

Primary schools would then house students from kindergarten through third grade, Intermediate schools would have fourth and fifth graders, and the Middle School would have sixth through eighth grades. This is not something new as the sixth graders had originally been a part of the middle school around 20 years ago.

In order to accommodate the sixth graders at the middle school, the plan proposes to build an addition with 15 classrooms.

Those classrooms would include three science labs, three cycle classrooms (such as a STEM lab and a music room), two specialized classrooms (for small group instruction and a resource room), and a few noninstructional spaces for guidance counselors and offices.

See below to see a video and flyer breaking down the referendum:

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