Efforts to create a workable long-range facilities plan for the Region 12 school district have hit a significant snag. Washington, Bridgewater and Roxbury -- are experiencing significant declines in student enrollment, and a solution is needed that balances fiscal realities, quality of education and quality of life in the towns. There are also concerns about the potential drop in real estate values if Bridgewater and Roxbury were to become the only two towns in Connecticut without their own elementary schools. [...] in similar fashion, there are worries that if the local schools were closed, those two towns would become retirement communities without young families and the younger adults who add vitality to a town and serve as volunteer firemen and emergency services personnel.