🗳️ May 13th Special Election 2025
• A Local Special Election will be held on May 13, 2025 to vote on 2 ballot questions.
• To learn more about each project, please visit the Town of Reading’s dedicated page here.
• A YES vote means you support the construction of said project. A NO vote means you do not support the construction of said project.
• Each of the 2 questions are voted on separately as follows:
Question 1 - Killam Elementary School
Shall the Town of Reading be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to design, construct, reconstruct, remodel, add to, equip, and furnish a new Pre-K through Grade Five Elementary School to replace the J.W. Killam Elementary School, with an approximate square footage of 122,941, located at 333 Charles Street, Reading, Assessors’ Parcel 041.0-0000-0019.0, inclusive of the abatement and demolition of the existing school structures on said property, the design and construction of new parking lots and new multi-purpose fields, and all other costs incidental or related thereto?
YES or NO
Question 2 - Senior Center/Reading Center for Active Living
Shall the Town of Reading be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so-called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to design, construct, equip, and furnish a new community center, so called the Senior Center/Reading Center for Active Living, located on a portion of an approximately 15.2 acre parcel off of Symonds Way, also known as 0 E of Haverhill Street, Assessors’ Map 35, Parcel 133, inclusive of the design and construction of new parking lots, improvements to Symonds Way, and all other costs incidental and related thereto?
YES or NO
Calculate your tax impact for next year if the Town approves the projects via the Town of Reading provided tax calculator:
