The Gloucester County School Board adopted its budget for fiscal year 2026 in the amount of $81.9 million Tuesday night, following its previous budget adoption of $83.5 million in March. The school board had to hold an additional budget discussion and adoption after the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors finalized its budget on April 30.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Anthony Vladu requested an additional $2 million from supervisors, which was originally projected to provide the district with the same funding amount allocated to the division the year before. However, the board of supervisors voted to allocate an additional $450,000 to the Community Eligibility Provision program/food services. The rest of the funding requests were denied.
Division staff reworked the budget to reprioritize funding requests for FY26. Staff came up with $3.1 million in savings, mostly through attrition of positions.
“When you depend on attrition so much,” said school board member Troy Andersen, “You’re ...