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Williamsville Central presents balanced 2025–26 working budget after cuts, aid shifts; board approves elementary AC bid
Summary
District administrators presented a revised 2025–26 working budget that balances after personnel retirements, program changes and revised state aid estimates; the board unanimously approved an elementary air-conditioning bid during the same meeting.
Williamsville Central School District administrators on April 8 presented a revised 2025–26 working budget they said is now balanced after changes to personnel estimates, program additions, spending reductions and adjustments to state aid.
Dr. Brownhall, the district administrator who led the budget presentation, said 30 teacher retirements and other staffing adjustments produced a net savings in salaries and benefits. “That along with additional special education positions that we will be adding resulted in a savings in our salary line of $640,000,” Dr. Brownhall said. He also told the board the district reduced its health insurance estimate by $231,000 and removed roughly $350,000 previously budgeted to support the school start-time initiative from the transportation line.
The presentation said recent state estimates reduced the district’s foundation aid by about $1 million, prompting administrators to increase local revenue projections and add $750,000 from fund balance to cover the shortfall. After the revisions, the district’s proposed tax…
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