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Isle of Wight board weighs school surplus, state bonus and staffing as budget gaps emerge
Summary
County staff briefed supervisors on Isle of Wight Schools’ projected surplus, state retention bonus impacts, health-fund transfers and county staffing requests. Supervisors debated adding medics at Rushmere, funding steps for teachers and capital priorities including a bus garage and a small museum missile project.
County staff reported the Isle of Wight County School Division expects a roughly $3,000,000 surplus at the end of the fiscal year driven primarily by lapsed salaries, but also warned of an anticipated state funding reduction tied to lower student counts.
Randy Keaton, county staff member, told supervisors the school system "anticipate[s] that they'll have a roughly $3,000,000 surplus at the June" but also expects a state shortfall in the neighborhood of $750,000 because actual student counts were lower than budget projections. Keaton said the governor’s proposed $1,000 retention bonus for school employees will only be partially funded by the state: "the amount they're estimating from the state is 610,000 but it will cost another 750,000 to give that bonus to all employees,"…
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