The Gloucester Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt the county’s final fiscal year 2027 budget tonight, Thursday, April 30, during its work session in the colonial courthouse, scheduled to begin at 6 o’clock. Driving most of the budget discussion over the past week was the local contribution to Gloucester County Public Schools. The board met last Thursday and Monday to discuss the budget. The schools requested $34,155,561 for FY27 with the local contribution originally planned for $32,051,348. In FY26, the schools received 30,424,128, representing a 2.8 percent funding increase from last fiscal year. However, this does not cover the full request from GCPS. An additional 2.5 to 3 cents on the real estate tax would be required to fully fund the schools at the district’s full request Board members Joe Leming, Shannon Hanson and Robert “JJ” Orth discussed further funding the schools by raising the real estate tax rate by an additional two cents. “Me as a taxpayer, I’d be more comforta...