Following the adoption of the Gloucester budget by county supervisors on April 30, the Gloucester County School Board came back to readopt unanimously its fiscal year 2027 budget in the amount of $82,967,759 during its regular monthly meeting, which was held Tuesday night in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium. The county’s adopted budget includes an additional schools’ contribution of $2,937,286 from FY26, but only $2,387,621 has been appropriated. The remaining $549,665 will be considered once the state finalizes its budget. The school board first adopted its FY27 budget in March at $84.3 million, contingent on local and state dollars. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Anthony Vladu presented his updated recommended budget to the school board during Tuesday’s meeting, which included ways the district has found to save. The Virginia Retirement System rate decrease ($988,763), staffing attrition ($1,018,822) and miscellaneous non-payroll adjustments ($107,079) will save the school ...