A report on the Templeton MA Special Town Meeting Held on November 12, 2025
This article has been updated on 11-19-25 to reflect the amended town meeting article which reduced the roof article by $2 million from the original $12.9 million figure. The Templeton Town Meeting approved $10,864.548 for roof repairs including $9,176,314 for the Narragansett Regional High School and $1,688,234 for the Narragansett Middle School. Vote was 57 yes and 7 no Listen to AUDIO of the amendment on any device. CLICK PLAY
It will also go on the ballot. It will also need to be approved by a Phillipston town meeting and ballot. However, the Narragansett School District has been approved for an MSBA (Massachusetts School Building Authority) 59% reimbursement grant, MSBA does not yet show a revised figure, see PDF.
Based on a decades-old regional agreement, the split would be Templeton 85% and Phillipston 15%. Phillipston has a special Town Meeting on December 3rd at 7pm to consider only one item, the roof. View the entire meeting warrant on pdf, CLICK HERE. Listen to the entire meeting on any device, CLICK PLAY.
Community Preservation Act Funding for the Memorial Congregational Church exterior ($15,500), the Narragansett Historical Society Grange Hall Kitchen ($20,000), the Boynton Library Rehab ($60,000), the Templeton Agricultural Commission Community Garden ($5,900) was all approved. The meeting concluded with a lengthy and contentious debate and vote on an article concerning authority over public water fluoridation, ultimately failing to pass either the original or a substitute motion before the meeting was dissolved.