Supervisors debate deep cuts to school request, cite composite‑index math and falling enrollment

Mar 27, 2025

Board members at a Mathews County budget work session debated cutting the school division’s request and using the state/federal ‘composite index’ to guide a local contribution, while several supervisors warned heavy cuts could be catastrophic.

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Mathews County supervisors spent a large portion of their March 26 budget work session on the school division’s budget request and a proposal to reduce the local transfer to schools.

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