Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
School board approves $244.6 million FY25–26 budget; SRO staffing and teacher raises discussed
Summary
Suffolk school board adopted a $244,554,074 budget for fiscal year 2025–26, including $82,332,201 of local funding. The meeting featured extended discussion about funding and staffing for school resource officers, teacher raises, a possible state one‑time bonus and timing constraints for adopting changes tied to state action.
The Suffolk City Public Schools Board voted March 27 to approve a fiscal year 2025–26 budget totaling $244,554,074, including $82,332,201 in local funding from the city of Suffolk.
Board members approved the budget by motion of board member Riddick, seconded by Jenkins. Before the vote the board held extended discussion about how the budget treats school resource officers (SROs), teacher salaries and a potential state one‑time bonus. The resolution passed on a recorded vote.
Superintendent Dr. Gordon and finance staff explained that the requested local figure depends partly on an expected city decision about how many SROs the Suffolk Police Department can provide. "The city is going to determine how many school resource officers they will be able to support us with," Dr.…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
